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Sarah Olney vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

950 same votes 4 different votes 954 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
77 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
77 Aye 57 No
62 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
62 Aye 57 No
19 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
19 Aye 68 No
33 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 134 shared votes
77 Aye 57 No
62 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
62 Aye 57 No
19 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
19 Aye 68 No
33 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
625
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
533
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API