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Sam Carling vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 362 different votes 369 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
37 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
37 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

90.2 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 401 of 650
497
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
551 eligible divisions
260
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
180
45.7 % of votes cast
237
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
214
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
67
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
82
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Contributions
90
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
25 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API