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Apsana Begum vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Apsana Begum and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 786 shared comparable votes.

641 same votes 145 different votes 786 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
32 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
16 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 11 No
Education 38% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
80 Aye 36 No
Tax 53% aligned 116 shared votes
68 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 76% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

69.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 440 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,141
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
598
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
543
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
22
1.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
86
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£255,110
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 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