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Sam Carling vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 3 different votes 391 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
53 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
53 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
53 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 96 shared votes
53 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
554
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
287
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
267
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Appearances
53
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
76
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
40
-122.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API