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Al Carns vs Shivani Raja

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

Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak
vs
Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Al Carns and Shivani Raja voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 205 different votes 213 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
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 2% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
147
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
165
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
16
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
274
+128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
21 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API