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Sam Carling vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 406 different votes 415 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
39 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£150,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API