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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 502 shared comparable votes.

502 same votes 0 different votes 502 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
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 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
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 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 203 of 650
Participation
89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
620 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
287
51.8% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
267
48.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
71
-91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Contributions
76
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650

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
10
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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 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 Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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