Ayes & Noes

Compare

Graham Stringer vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 983 shared comparable votes.

738 same votes 245 different votes 983 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
24 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
24 Aye 66 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 93% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 35% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 55% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
98 Aye 49 No
Tax 65% aligned 147 shared votes
92 Aye 55 No
12 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 68% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 27 No
Transport 76% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

47
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
33
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API