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Sarah Smith vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 172 different votes 196 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
37 Aye 17 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
14
3.8% 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

65
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
84
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649
Contributions
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Education
36 of 50 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