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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 85% of the time, based on 1,295 shared comparable votes.

1,099 same votes 196 different votes 1,295 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
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 94% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 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
63 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 141 shared votes
69 Aye 72 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

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
14
-128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,436,824
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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API