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Liz Kendall vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,121 shared comparable votes.

988 same votes 133 different votes 1,121 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
35 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
35 Aye 75 No
103 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
100 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 96% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 95% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 27 shared votes
2 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 57% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
100 Aye 46 No
Tax 78% aligned 146 shared votes
98 Aye 48 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 79% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
4
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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