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Jake Richards vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 175 different votes 215 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 17 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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 378 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % 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

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
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
31 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Education
44 of 50 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