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John Lamont vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

John Lamont and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

236 same votes 971 different votes 1,207 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
11 Aye 26 No
Education 70% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 60% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
48 Aye 118 No
Tax 39% aligned 166 shared votes
95 Aye 71 No
72 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 26% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
7 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
70 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
31 Aye 73 No
59 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 151 shared votes
90 Aye 61 No
11 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 92 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,813
2,132 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,387 eligible divisions
875
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
57.5% of votes cast
938
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
677
42.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

159
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
81
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
255
+105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
123
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£334,363
48% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
8
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

Trade
86 of 90 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Migration
150 of 163 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 198 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 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