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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

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Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
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Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,270 shared comparable votes.

1,062 same votes 208 different votes 1,270 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
30 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
30 Aye 79 No
99 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 161 shared votes
98 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 20 No
Education 48% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
67 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 137 shared votes
66 Aye 71 No
108 Aye 48 No
Tax 73% aligned 156 shared votes
102 Aye 54 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 647
Participation
67.5 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 647
1,765
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,323 eligible divisions
989
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
776
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

76
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 647
Appearances
58
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 647
103
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 647
Contributions
88
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
14
4 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sep 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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