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Liam Byrne vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

944 same votes 175 different votes 1,119 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 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
25 Aye 75 No
101 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 164 shared votes
98 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 93% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Education 44% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
105 Aye 51 No
Tax 67% aligned 156 shared votes
96 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 72% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 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

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Migration
133 of 171 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