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Sam Carling

Labour North West Cambridgeshire

Voting record

6
Voted for
0
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sam Carling’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 86%

How often Sam Carling voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Sam Carling — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sam Carling →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

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)

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)

Name of donor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of my meal at a working lunch discussing science policy, value £65
Date received: 30 June 2026
Date accepted: 30 June 2026
Donor status: other (APPG account)
(Registered 30 July 2026)

Name of donor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of my meal at a working dinner discussing science policy, value £65
Date received: 2 March 2026
Date accepted: 2 March 2026
Donor status: other (APPG account)
(Registered 31 July 2026)

Name of donor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of my meal at a working dinner discussing science policy, value £65
Date received: 20 January 2026
Date accepted: 20 January 2026
Donor status: other (APPG account)
(Registered 31 July 2026)

Name of donor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of my meal at a working dinner discussing science policy, value £65
Date received: 18 May 2026
Date accepted: 18 May 2026
Donor status: other (APPG account)
(Registered 31 July 2026)

Name of donor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of my meal at a working dinner discussing science policy, value £65
Date received: 29 June 2026
Date accepted: 29 June 2026
Donor status: other (APPG account)
(Registered 31 July 2026)

Name of donor: Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG
Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Cost of my meal at a working dinner discussing science policy, value £65
Date received: 8 September 2026
Date accepted: 8 September 2026
Donor status: other (APPG account)
(Registered 8 September 2026)

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)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sam Carling yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sam Carling has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£165,778.51 paid out to or for Sam Carling across 105 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sam Carling’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £104,003.32 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £37,300.05 (76 claims)
Accommodation — £18,558.47 (20 claims)
Staff Travel — £3,479.57 (3 claims)
MP Travel — £2,437.10 (4 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £4,503.55, 2026-04-15 — PAYPAL IDCC DESIGN [200013860-2]
Bought-in services — £840.00, 2026-04-15 — Comms & Media
Equipment - purchase — £129.67, 2026-03-31 — Other office equipment
Equipment - purchase — £65.96, 2026-03-30 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories
Utilities — £211.03, 2026-03-26 — Water
Newspapers, journals, magazines — £183.94, 2026-03-25 — AMAZON [***] [200013613-3692]
Stationery & printing — £107.95, 2026-03-24 — SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS [200013613-4430]
Postage & couriers — £435.00, 2026-03-24 — ROYAL MAIL ONLINE SHOP [200013613-4417]

Every claim on file for Sam Carling →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sam Carling — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sam Carling’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sam Carling is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Communities — Officer
Declared funding: Thirtyone:eight (£1,501-3,000).
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (an All-Party Parliamentary Group) — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: University of Warwick/Warwick Manufacturing Group (£5,000); Institute of Physics (£5,250); Royal Academy of Engineering (£5,250); SCI - Society of Chemical Industry (£3,000) and 10 more.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Institute of Physics — about £5,250.00 across 1 group (Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (an All-Party Parliamentary Group)).

Institute of Physics — about £5,250.00, 1 group
London Mathematical Society — about £5,250.00, 1 group
Nutrition Society — about £5,250.00, 1 group
Physiological Society — about £5,250.00, 1 group
Royal Academy of Engineering — about £5,250.00, 1 group

Showing the top 5 of 15 funders.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sam Carling personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sam Carling is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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