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Bill Esterson vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,226 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 200 different votes 1,226 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
32 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
32 Aye 75 No
97 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
94 Aye 61 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 21 No
Transport 92% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 48% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
116 Aye 55 No
Tax 67% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
942
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
735
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % 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

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 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