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Luke Pollard vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.

898 same votes 170 different votes 1,068 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
86 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 148 shared votes
86 Aye 62 No
35 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
35 Aye 72 No
7 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
32 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 9 No
Education 34% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 65% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
94 Aye 40 No
Tax 68% aligned 134 shared votes
79 Aye 55 No
7 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 69% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,460
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
807
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
653
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
731
+592.7 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Trade
71 of 87 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