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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Apsana Begum voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 782 shared comparable votes.

639 same votes 143 different votes 782 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
32 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 85 shared votes
32 Aye 53 No
16 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Education 35% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
66 Aye 48 No
Tax 54% aligned 114 shared votes
80 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 76% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 650
Participation
69.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 650
1,575
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,130
1,626 eligible divisions
902
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
594
52.6 % of votes cast
673
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
536
47.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.7 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

63
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
Appearances
60
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
Contributions
70
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
56 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
69 of 89 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API