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Andy McDonald vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.

1,031 same votes 234 different votes 1,265 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
29 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
29 Aye 76 No
101 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
20 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 91% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 20 No
Education 44% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 63% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
121 Aye 59 No
Tax 65% aligned 180 shared votes
112 Aye 68 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
23
1.3% 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

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Transport
81 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