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Sam Carling vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 363 different votes 370 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.3 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API