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Sam Rushworth vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sam Rushworth and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 173 different votes 203 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
1% above average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
66.9%
5% below average
Rank 469 of 649
420
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,368 eligible divisions
212
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
208
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

63
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Appearances
75
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
138
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
122
-17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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