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James McMurdock vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 150 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 42 different votes 150 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
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 38 No
Tax 94% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 79% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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