At a glanceSam Carling is a Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 513 votes in Commons divisions (89% attendance), tabled 41 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sam Carling did not vote in 62. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Committee since 6 Jan 2025
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- North West Cambridgeshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 502 of 502 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 495 of 495 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 492 of 492 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 488 of 488 shared votes
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 487 of 487 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 162 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 304 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 231 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
1.0% · 4 of 394 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 305 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- Burghley House Preservation Trust Ltd - £561.00 (registered 26 Nov 2025)
- Burghley House Preservation Trust Ltd - £27.50 (registered 26 Nov 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Cambridge City Councillor, (unpaid since 18 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1) (registered 29 Jun 2024)
Written questions
Crime and Policing Bill: Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Church of England on the application of the statutory duty to report child sexual abuse in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 to disclosures made in religious
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
The Home Office engages regularly with a wide range of stakeholders, including faith organisations, on the implementation of measures to tackle child sexual abuse. Ministers and officials have had discussions on mandatory reporting with representatives of...
Roads: Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has advised Cambridgeshire County Council that it is prohibited from re-procuring a contract for highway maintenance due to planned local government reorga
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
Councils remain responsible for their own local decisions during the reorganisation process and are expected to continue to deliver services and operate on a business‑as‑usual basis until reorganisation is complete. The Department has published an explana...
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support alleged victims of modern slavery in the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
The serious events in Crewe are part of an ongoing police investigation. It is for first responder organisations to refer any victims to support services as appropriate.The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and suppor...
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered automatic enrolment into the Healthy Start scheme for eligible families, in the context of ensuring maximum levels of take-up.
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
There are currently no plans to expand the eligibility of the Healthy Start Scheme to all families on Universal Credit. The Healthy Start prepaid card is a financial product and cannot be issued without the applicant accepting the terms and conditions, th...
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the Healthy Start scheme eligibility criteria to include all families on Universal Credit, in the context of recent expa
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
There are currently no plans to expand the eligibility of the Healthy Start Scheme to all families on Universal Credit. The Healthy Start prepaid card is a financial product and cannot be issued without the applicant accepting the terms and conditions, th...
Offences against Children: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse, introduced in the Crime and Policing Act, will come into effect.
Answer · 5 Jun 2026
We expect the requirement to be commenced no earlier than 12 months following the date of Royal Assent to the Crime and Policing Act.
Pensions: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to changes to the inheritance tax treatment of pension pots whether it is her policy that a) the total estate will be taken to include the unused pension pot, and b) donations to charity made from the
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. Where at least 10% of a person’s net estate is left to ...
Workplace Pensions: Lump Sum Payments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the definition of a charitable lump sum death benefit so that people with dependents do not face barriers to donating to charity from their
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. Where at least 10% of a person’s net estate is left to ...
Speeches in the chamber
30 Jun 2026 Department of Health and Social Care
I, too, thank the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for securing this debate, and I, too, wish we had more time. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Somerset (Sadik Al-Ha…
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
This is a process point, but will the Minister confirm to the House whether, if the revival motion fails, the promoters can bring in another Bill at a time that suits them, ideally with some of these issues resolved?
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
The Secretary of State knows that I have concerns about the enforceability of a platform-based ban, but I welcome the news about tackling infinite scrolling, which affects people of all ages. I am concerned about young LGBT people growing …
1 Jun 2026 Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
The High Court judgment of February this year against the EHRC, when the initial guidance was challenged, stated: “there would, in principle, be scope for a strong argument that a rule or practice that permitted trans women to use the ‘…
20 May 2026 Defence Readiness
Today’s debate theme is defence readiness, and I am pleased that we heard in His Majesty’s Speech the Government’s clear commitment to a sustained increase in defence spending. I also welcome the announcement of several Bills aimed at boos…
22 Apr 2026 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My hon. Friend is citing some shocking evidence, and I will be sure to listen to the Committee session later. On her comments about Meta not believing that its platforms are addictive, does she agree that the problem goes more broadly than…
22 Apr 2026 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Does the right hon. Lady not recognise that action and a ban will not necessarily be the same thing? This is a really nuanced policy area. Quite recently, there was a huge online joint letter published by the National Society for the Preve…
14 Apr 2026 Knife Crime
On Sunday, there was a horrific attack in my constituency; a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Orton. My thoughts—and those of the House, I am sure—are with his family. I welcome the Government’s ambition to halve knife crime. How …
25 Mar 2026 Nuclear Test Veterans
Would my hon. Friend join me in commemorating the life and legacy of Alan Dowson? Until very recently, he was a councillor in my constituency. He was first elected in 1971, and served as a Labour councillor for most of the intervening year…
24 Mar 2026 Defence
The hon. Gentleman has just made a point about the concentration of defence investment in the south-east. Can he remind us where Trident is based?
24 Mar 2026 Defence
I am not 100% sure what point the hon. Gentleman is trying to make, but he has put it on the record. There is a huge amount of drone activity going on, and a lot of ways in which that needs to be dealt with. I am heartened by what this …
24 Mar 2026 Defence
What I am very happy to say about defence spending is that when we last hit 2.5%, it was under a Labour Government. The right hon. Gentleman’s party failed to do so throughout their time in office. Although it has been quite entertaining i…
24 Mar 2026 Defence
The shadow Secretary of State says, “Under successive Governments”—that includes his own, for 14 years. It is not often that I agree with Ministers from the last Government, but the former Defence Secretary was absolutely right. The smalle…
24 Mar 2026 Defence
I, too, will start by agreeing with a member of the Opposition, specifically the former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. He was quoted as saying that under his own party, our armed forces had been “hollowed out”.
10 Mar 2026 Topical Questions
T9. Young people in North West Cambridgeshire and across the country are struggling to access mortgages and get on to the housing ladder due to thin credit files. Will the Minister explore requiring lettings agents and large landlords, w…
9 Mar 2026 Social Cohesion Action Plan
I have long been arguing that we need an overhaul of charity regulation to tackle rogue operators who are exploiting charity status to peddle extremism and hate, so I am thrilled that the Government have listened and are starting that toda…
2 Mar 2026 Small Religious Organisations: Safeguarding
I agree completely with my hon. Friend. In the debate in the House of Lords earlier today, Baroness Grey-Thompson gave a good example from when she was a younger athlete of sports coaches’ behaviour that she had observed. She believes that…
2 Mar 2026 Small Religious Organisations: Safeguarding
I am very grateful to the hon. Lady, who I know has done a lot of work on this matter, in particular on making sure that the seal of confession is not exempted from mandatory reporting. I very much appreciate her work on that, which is rea…
2 Mar 2026 Small Religious Organisations: Safeguarding
I am really grateful for that contribution from my hon. Friend, and I absolutely agree with her. It is really important that we listen to IICSA, which spent many years on this, and deliver what it recommended. When it comes to religious or…
2 Mar 2026 Small Religious Organisations: Safeguarding
I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. It sounds like really helpful evidence and a really good example, and I will certainly go away and have a look at it. I will not rehash the arguments I made in June, but I…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill 15 Sep 2025 – 28 Oct 2025
- Renters’ Rights Bill 16 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sam Carling, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sam Carling?
Sam Carling is a Member of Parliament representing North West Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons. See Sam Carling's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sam Carling represent?
Sam Carling sits as Labour. See Sam Carling's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sam Carling represent?
Sam Carling is the Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire. See Sam Carling's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sam Carling been an MP?
Sam Carling has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Sam Carling's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sam Carling?
Sam Carling has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sam Carling's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.