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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sarah Jones

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sarah Jones voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,039 shared comparable votes.

892 same votes 147 different votes 1,039 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
86 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
86 Aye 61 No
29 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
29 Aye 69 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 93% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Education 40% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
79 Aye 45 No
Tax 73% aligned 124 shared votes
92 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 75% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
46 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 112 shared votes
47 Aye 65 No

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

Voting record

67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 485 of 650
Participation
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,571
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,400
2,085 eligible divisions
899
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
778
55.6 % of votes cast
672
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
622
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
69
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
89
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
381
+260.6 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£279,929
24 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
134 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Trade
65 of 84 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

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