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Fred Thomas vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 183 different votes 220 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
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
45 Aye 20 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
400
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
232
58.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
168
42.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

42
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
71
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
56
-80.4 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
118
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
6
3 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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