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Ian Byrne vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 843 shared comparable votes.

659 same votes 184 different votes 843 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
32 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
32 Aye 62 No
16 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 90% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 19 No
Trade 89% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 13 No
Education 23% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 55% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
81 Aye 30 No
Tax 58% aligned 111 shared votes
64 Aye 47 No
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 69% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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
45 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Migration
128 of 154 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