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Paul Holmes vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Sam Carling voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 341 different votes 350 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
2 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
3
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API