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Dame Meg Hillier vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

1,002 same votes 195 different votes 1,197 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
102 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
102 Aye 70 No
34 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
34 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 16 No
Education 48% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 55% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
122 Aye 45 No
Tax 66% aligned 167 shared votes
100 Aye 67 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

88
+28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
120
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API