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Mike Wood vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,298 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 1,078 different votes 1,298 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
17 Aye 35 No
Education 54% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 39% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
51 Aye 124 No
Tax 35% aligned 175 shared votes
109 Aye 66 No
24 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
74 Aye 30 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
62 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 153 shared votes
87 Aye 66 No
11 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
2,038
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
979
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4% of votes cast
1,059
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
138
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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