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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Alison McGovern voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

1,014 same votes 185 different votes 1,199 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
35 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 157 shared votes
96 Aye 61 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 98% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 32 No
Trade 96% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Education 46% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 65% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 68% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
99 Aye 57 No
Tax 69% aligned 156 shared votes
105 Aye 51 No
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 72% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
70.2%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
55.2% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

101
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
Appearances
77
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
156
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Contributions
570
+408.4 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
71 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API