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Christian Wakeford vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 884 shared comparable votes.

347 same votes 537 different votes 884 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
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 71 No
Migration 73% aligned 98 shared votes
31 Aye 67 No
18 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 56% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 15 No
Education 11% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 14 No
Transport 12% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 18% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 14 No
Trade 18% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
64 Aye 52 No
Tax 19% aligned 116 shared votes
66 Aye 50 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API