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Shabana Mahmood vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 934 shared comparable votes.

864 same votes 70 different votes 934 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
20 Aye 57 No
Migration 100% aligned 77 shared votes
20 Aye 57 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 78% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
86 Aye 35 No
Tax 80% aligned 121 shared votes
78 Aye 43 No
10 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 85% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 7 No
Energy 89% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Migration
107 of 171 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