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Sam Carling vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 309 different votes 313 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API