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Jim McMahon vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

974 same votes 210 different votes 1,184 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
27 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
27 Aye 72 No
14 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
97 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 153 shared votes
94 Aye 59 No
22 Aye 32 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 19 No
Education 47% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 64% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
113 Aye 54 No
Tax 67% aligned 167 shared votes
106 Aye 61 No
17 Aye 17 No
Defence 74% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 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