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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.


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 524 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 201 different votes 524 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
16 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 81% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 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

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 650
470
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,390 eligible divisions
237
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
57.5% of votes cast
233
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
677
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

32
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
Appearances
88
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
53
-98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
130
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API