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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Alex Easton

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Alex Easton voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

114 same votes 24 different votes 138 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
10 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Benefits 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
45.0%
27% below average
Rank 629 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
279
620 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
133
47.7% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
146
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
123
+30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
155
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
164
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£190,220
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£190,220
16% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Education
27 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API