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James Murray vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

James Murray and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 843 shared comparable votes.

673 same votes 170 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
9 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 14 No
Education 22% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
91 Aye 37 No
Tax 52% aligned 128 shared votes
73 Aye 55 No
22 Aye 12 No
Housing 74% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 15 No
Transport 84% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

74.1 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,181
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
629
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
552
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
219
+111.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 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

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
7
1 registered category
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Migration
130 of 152 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Education
57 of 68 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