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Rushanara Ali vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,279 shared comparable votes.

1,045 same votes 234 different votes 1,279 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
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 92% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
39 Aye 19 No
Education 47% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
115 Aye 52 No
Tax 63% aligned 167 shared votes
100 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

76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,802
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
779
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

39
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 547 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

£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
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Housing
58 of 66 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