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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 178 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
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
32 Aye 17 No
Tax 6% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
425
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
226
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
199
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
12
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

64
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
3 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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Energy
17 of 20 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