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Alex Norris vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley
vs
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Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Alex Norris and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,109 shared comparable votes.

934 same votes 175 different votes 1,109 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
86 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
86 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
34 Aye 71 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 96% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Education 38% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 69% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
98 Aye 33 No
Tax 70% aligned 131 shared votes
81 Aye 50 No

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

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 320 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,545
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
872
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
673
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

32
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
168
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£301,924
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 161 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
159 of 188 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sep 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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