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Sam Carling vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Edward Argar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 405 different votes 412 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
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
38 Aye 52 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 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