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Kate Dearden vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 180 different votes 218 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 3% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
500
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
246
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
254
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

80
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
71
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
201
+64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
118
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
7
2 registered categories
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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