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Nick Smith vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 0 different votes 394 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
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 335 of 648
Participation
92.6 %
19 % above average
Rank 13 of 648
1,720
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
526 eligible divisions
994
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.0 % of votes cast
726
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648
Appearances
53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
90
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 648
Contributions
74
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Education
88 of 95 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
21 of 21 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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