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Afzal Khan vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,177 shared comparable votes.

966 same votes 211 different votes 1,177 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
86 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
86 Aye 60 No
34 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
34 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 30 No
Trade 97% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 7 No
Education 37% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
102 Aye 51 No
Tax 61% aligned 153 shared votes
97 Aye 56 No
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
60 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 72% aligned 134 shared votes
60 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 230 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,665
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
927
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
738
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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

Housing
52 of 55 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API