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Dr Rupa Huq vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,245 shared comparable votes.

1,033 same votes 212 different votes 1,245 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
99 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
99 Aye 69 No
34 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
34 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 92% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 20 No
Education 56% aligned 52 shared votes
37 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
103 Aye 60 No
Tax 67% aligned 163 shared votes
101 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
961
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
793
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
15
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
58
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 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

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API