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Valerie Vaz vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,289 shared comparable votes.

1,097 same votes 192 different votes 1,289 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
34 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
34 Aye 79 No
2 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
101 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 164 shared votes
98 Aye 66 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 21 No
Education 49% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
126 Aye 56 No
Tax 64% aligned 182 shared votes
107 Aye 75 No
69 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 141 shared votes
63 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 11 No
Energy 79% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 81% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % 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

29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 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

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Transport
80 of 95 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