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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 198 different votes 239 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 2 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 98 of 649
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
579 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
49.2% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
250
50.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
29
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 649
119
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Contributions
34
-103.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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