Ayes & Noes

Compare

Rushanara Ali vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.

1,039 same votes 226 different votes 1,265 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
101 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
101 Aye 67 No
35 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No
35 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
38 Aye 19 No
Education 46% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
115 Aye 49 No
Tax 65% aligned 164 shared votes
97 Aye 67 No
13 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 68% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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 297 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
60
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Trade
77 of 88 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API