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Mark Sewards vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 192 different votes 235 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 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

77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
446
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
210
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
236
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

152
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
164
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 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

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
6
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 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