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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sarah Champion voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,177 shared comparable votes.

1,005 same votes 172 different votes 1,177 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
33 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
33 Aye 71 No
2 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
78 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 138 shared votes
84 Aye 54 No
12 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 16 No
Education 59% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
106 Aye 60 No
Tax 69% aligned 166 shared votes
110 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 75% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 7 No
Energy 79% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
85
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API