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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 78 different votes 222 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 2 No
Benefits 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 24% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 36% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 16 No
Tax 38% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 64% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
458
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
255
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
203
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

205
+126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Appearances
69
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
309
+169.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Contributions
118
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 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