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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Steve Reed voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,107 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 144 different votes 1,107 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
26 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
26 Aye 68 No
2 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
98 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 162 shared votes
101 Aye 61 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 93% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 12 No
Education 65% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
105 Aye 57 No
Tax 72% aligned 162 shared votes
111 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 14 No
Defence 74% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Housing 79% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
40 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 82% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
62.2%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,496
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
58.2% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
626
41.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

98
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Appearances
46
-45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
153
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Contributions
410
+250.5 vs Commons average
Rank 41 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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