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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Seema Malhotra

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,153 shared comparable votes.

1,009 same votes 144 different votes 1,153 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
34 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
34 Aye 73 No
99 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 166 shared votes
100 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 14 No
Education 57% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
101 Aye 58 No
Tax 72% aligned 159 shared votes
109 Aye 50 No
14 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 80% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 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 486 of 650
Participation
68.1 %
5 % below average
Rank 467 of 650
1,571
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,337 eligible divisions
899
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
56.2 % of votes cast
672
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
698
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
14 years, 6 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

59
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
55
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
89
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
326
+206.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API