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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 216 different votes 335 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 22 No
Migration 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 12 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
35 Aye 44 No
Tax 13% aligned 79 shared votes
54 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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