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Sam Carling vs Richard Fuller

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 Richard Fuller
Richard Fuller
Con North Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Richard Fuller voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 375 different votes 382 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
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

89.3%
17% above average
Rank 25 of 649
Participation
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
524
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
1,655 eligible divisions
273
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
617
47.2% of votes cast
251
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
690
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
33
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 649
83
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Contributions
47
-93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 512 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
£2,221,578
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£273,108
21% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 67 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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