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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

1,099 same votes 207 different votes 1,306 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 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
34 Aye 79 No
2 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
98 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 164 shared votes
101 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 94% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 25 No
Education 49% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
107 Aye 75 No
Tax 64% aligned 182 shared votes
126 Aye 56 No
66 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 145 shared votes
70 Aye 75 No
30 Aye 9 No
Energy 79% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 81% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

100
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
32
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
154
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
13
-147.9 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

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