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David Williams vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 222 different votes 264 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 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
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
499
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
259
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
240
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
13
2.6% 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

59
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
76
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 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