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Jim Shannon vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 1,370 shared comparable votes.

561 same votes 809 different votes 1,370 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
25 Aye 11 No
Defence 72% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 71% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 29 No
Education 70% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 61% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 59% aligned 37 shared votes
7 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
64 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 176 shared votes
106 Aye 70 No
17 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 21% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 18 No
Energy 26% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

1,295
+1211.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
1,661
+1515.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
6
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 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