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Brendan O'Hara vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

986 same votes 28 different votes 1,014 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
105 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
34 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 14 No
Energy 92% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
97 Aye 61 No
Tax 96% aligned 158 shared votes
99 Aye 59 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
616
45.0% 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
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
62 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