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Helen Hayes vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.

1,116 same votes 220 different votes 1,336 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
101 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
101 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
35 Aye 78 No
25 Aye 10 No
Benefits 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 97% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
37 Aye 17 No
Education 54% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
128 Aye 59 No
Tax 65% aligned 187 shared votes
113 Aye 74 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 70% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

105
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API