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Steve Reed vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

963 same votes 134 different votes 1,097 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
26 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
26 Aye 68 No
2 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
101 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 162 shared votes
98 Aye 64 No
34 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 18 No
Education 65% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
111 Aye 51 No
Tax 72% aligned 162 shared votes
105 Aye 57 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 74% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 11 No
Housing 79% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
863
58.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
613
41.5% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
428
+282.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
4
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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