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Sarah Edwards vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 165 different votes 273 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
5 Aye 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 62% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
47 Aye 20 No
Tax 15% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 539 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
479
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
267
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
212
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Tax
97 of 139 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API