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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 16% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 194 different votes 230 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
Most different by topic
25 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
Participation
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
451
580 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
53.9% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.4% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
63
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
87
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649

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
2
2 registered categories
13
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
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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