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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sonia Kumar

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 190 different votes 234 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
Participation
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
248
52.5 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
224
47.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
100
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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