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Sam Carling vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Matt Vickers voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 391 different votes 399 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
40 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
40 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
Participation
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
554
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,324
1,688 eligible divisions
287
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
638
48.2% of votes cast
267
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
686
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
118
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
74
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Contributions
239
+79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
57 of 64 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Trade
48 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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