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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.


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,284 shared comparable votes.

1,068 same votes 216 different votes 1,284 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
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 20 No
Education 49% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
108 Aye 51 No
Tax 72% aligned 159 shared votes
105 Aye 54 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 73% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
1,003
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
795
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
157
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 171 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

£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
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
61 of 71 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