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Ian Murray vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,221 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 177 different votes 1,221 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
102 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
102 Aye 70 No
32 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
32 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 19 No
Transport 98% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 16 No
Education 51% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
108 Aye 43 No
Tax 69% aligned 151 shared votes
85 Aye 66 No
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
57 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 127 shared votes
57 Aye 70 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
926
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
738
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

57
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
148
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
7
3 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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API