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Stephen Kinnock vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 0 different votes 415 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
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 303 of 648
Participation
92.6 %
19 % above average
Rank 13 of 648
1,751
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
526 eligible divisions
995
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.0 % of votes cast
756
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 648
Appearances
53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
300
+192.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 648
Contributions
74
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
21 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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