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David Baines vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

David Baines and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 172 different votes 206 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
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
35 Aye 17 No
Tax 6% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
383
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
190
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
193
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
13
3.4% 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

25
-53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
Appearances
71
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
27
-109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Contributions
118
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 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