Official portrait of Sam Carling

Sam Carling

Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire, since 4 July 2024

Sam Carling is the Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

89.2% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
513 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
62 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
97 Debates spoken in 41 written questions tabled

Ranked 34 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Aye 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Aye 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Aye 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Aye 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Aye 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 Aye 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 277–99

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Burghley House Preservation Trust Ltd
Address of donor: Burghley Estate Office, 61 St. Martins, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2LQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two sets of tickets (one for me and one for a member of my staff) to attend a formal lunch and show jumping event at the 2025 Burghley House Trials in my constituency, value £561
Date received: 7 September 2025
Date accepted: 7 September 2025
Donor status: trust (Company Number 00951524)
(Registered 26 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Burghley House Preservation Trust Ltd
Address of donor: Burghley Estate Office, 61 St. Martins, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2LQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of an informal lunch for me and a member of my staff as part of a visit to discuss the work of the Burghley House Preservation Trust, value £27.50
Date received: 19 September 2025
Date accepted: 19 September 2025
Donor status: trust (Company Number 00951524)
(Registered 26 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Cambridge City Councillor, (unpaid since 18 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
Date interest ended: 21 March 2025
(Registered 29 June 2024; updated 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

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Debates

97 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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