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Sam Carling vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 416 different votes 423 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
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
37 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
37 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 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