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Jeff Smith vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 0 different votes 478 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
56 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
71
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API