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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 88% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 134 different votes 1,097 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
33 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 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
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
50
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
428
+285.7 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649

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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 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