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James Wild vs Sam Carling

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

James Wild and Sam Carling voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 354 different votes 374 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 47 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
46 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
Participation
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
709
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
716
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

133
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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