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Ed Davey vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

1,029 same votes 6 different votes 1,035 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
95 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
95 Aye 64 No
86 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
86 Aye 52 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
35 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
35 Aye 63 No
28 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
95 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
95 Aye 64 No
86 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
86 Aye 52 No
53 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
53 Aye 56 No
35 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
35 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

59.6%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
1,288
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,417 eligible divisions
720
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
926
57.5% of votes cast
568
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
42.5% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

74
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
11
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
170 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API