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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Alex Baker voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 212 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 184 different votes 212 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 274 of 648
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
526 eligible divisions
896
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
55.4 % of votes cast
671
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
181
44.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
Appearances
44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 648
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
Contributions
48
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Education
43 of 49 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API