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Jo Platt vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 513 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 194 different votes 513 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
71 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 109 shared votes
70 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 12 No
Trade 92% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 85% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 11 No
Education 15% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
67 Aye 32 No
Tax 35% aligned 99 shared votes
49 Aye 50 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 263 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
445
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
227
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
218
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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