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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 857 shared comparable votes.

734 same votes 123 different votes 857 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
32 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
32 Aye 69 No
16 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
Education 46% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 59% aligned 118 shared votes
84 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 15 No
Defence 81% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 18 No
Transport 84% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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