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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 932 shared comparable votes.

863 same votes 69 different votes 932 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
20 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 77 shared votes
20 Aye 57 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 78% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
78 Aye 43 No
Tax 80% aligned 121 shared votes
86 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 89% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
Participation
54.4 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 648
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
2,312 eligible divisions
896
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
725
57.7 % of votes cast
671
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
532
42.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
Appearances
35
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 648
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
Contributions
544
+436.1 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
182 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
58 of 88 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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