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Graeme Downie vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 147 different votes 187 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 21 No
Tax 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
371
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
161
43.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
210
56.6 % 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, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

74
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Appearances
68
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
102
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Contributions
116
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 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