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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 1,207 shared comparable votes.

1,008 same votes 199 different votes 1,207 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
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
39 Aye 16 No
Education 49% aligned 55 shared votes
31 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

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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

£2,571,517
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
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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
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
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 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