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Sam Carling vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Jesse Norman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 326 different votes 333 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 20 of 650
Participation
72.3 %
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
504
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,694
2,344 eligible divisions
265
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
783
46.2 % of votes cast
239
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
911
53.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
38
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
82
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Contributions
76
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
56 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
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