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Jeff Smith vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

816 same votes 233 different votes 1,049 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
67 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
25 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 17 No
Education 29% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
105 Aye 48 No
Tax 56% aligned 153 shared votes
88 Aye 65 No
3 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 66% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,877
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
853
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
61
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
4
2 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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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