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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 78% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 27 different votes 122 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
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

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649

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
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Energy
6 of 8 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