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Sarah Pochin vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

94 same votes 24 different votes 118 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 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 88% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 78% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 80% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 596 of 650
Participation
67.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 477 of 650
215
377 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,349 eligible divisions
93
43.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
57.4 % of votes cast
122
56.7 % of votes cast
No votes
673
42.6 % of votes cast
7
3.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

75
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
63
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
88
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
108
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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

Trade
5 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 89 votes
Migration
7 of 9 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API