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Sam Carling vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 351 different votes 360 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API