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Dawn Butler vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,096 shared comparable votes.

888 same votes 208 different votes 1,096 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
96 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
96 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 81 shared votes
25 Aye 56 No
21 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 93% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Education 42% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 57% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
108 Aye 50 No
Tax 61% aligned 158 shared votes
96 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 530 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,525
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
843
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 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

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 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