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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 856 shared comparable votes.

647 same votes 209 different votes 856 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 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
32 Aye 71 No
15 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 15 No
Education 24% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
81 Aye 36 No
Tax 49% aligned 117 shared votes
69 Aye 48 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 58% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 71% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 288 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,250
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
668
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
582
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

13
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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