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Lauren Edwards vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 212 different votes 253 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.2%
12% above average
Rank 92 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
494
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
245
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
249
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

46
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
64
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 445 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

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Defence
32 of 34 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