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Sarah Bool vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 370 different votes 376 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 375 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 647
396
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
493
547 eligible divisions
169
42.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
52.7 % of votes cast
227
57.3 % of votes cast
No votes
233
47.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Appearances
60
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
87
-30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
80
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
14
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Tax
96 of 108 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
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
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