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Sam Carling vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 229 different votes 231 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
12 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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 27 of 649
Participation
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
513
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
271
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
242
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
82
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API