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Richard Burgon vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,322 shared comparable votes.

1,118 same votes 204 different votes 1,322 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 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
34 Aye 80 No
101 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 93% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 92% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 20 No
Education 55% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
117 Aye 56 No
Tax 68% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
11 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 70% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 18 No
Defence 73% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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