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Catherine McKinnell vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

988 same votes 167 different votes 1,155 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
94 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 No
30 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
30 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 19 No
Education 49% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
108 Aye 53 No
Tax 68% aligned 161 shared votes
108 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 15 No
Defence 73% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

68.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,611
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
886
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
725
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
16
1.0 % 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

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
20
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
53 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
55 of 71 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