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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 86% of the time, based on 1,185 shared comparable votes.

1,014 same votes 171 different votes 1,185 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
32 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 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
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

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
64
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
431
+288.7 vs Commons average
Rank 29 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
£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 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 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