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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

786 same votes 173 different votes 959 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
16 Aye 36 No
Migration 100% aligned 52 shared votes
16 Aye 36 No
89 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 134 shared votes
86 Aye 48 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 31 No
Trade 94% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 92% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 19 No
Education 49% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 55% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
87 Aye 43 No
Tax 64% aligned 130 shared votes
78 Aye 52 No
14 Aye 6 No
Energy 65% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API