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Sam Carling vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 12 different votes 369 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
59 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
59 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
59 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
30 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

89.6%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 650
Participation
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
570
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,266
1,704 eligible divisions
298
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
53.4% of votes cast
272
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

65
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
8
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Contributions
8
-161.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Housing
32 of 33 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API