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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.

Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 334 different votes 342 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 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 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 20 of 650
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 650
504
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,344 eligible divisions
265
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
885
47.4 % of votes cast
239
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
982
52.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

62
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
82
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
82
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Contributions
125
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
79 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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