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Chris McDonald vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Chris McDonald and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.
39 same votes
204 different votes
243 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.6%
5% above average
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
450
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
223
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
227
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
10
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
93
+14.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
407
+269.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API