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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,157 shared comparable votes.

986 same votes 171 different votes 1,157 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
22 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 91 shared votes
22 Aye 69 No
10 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
89 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 154 shared votes
92 Aye 62 No
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 53% aligned 43 shared votes
33 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 66% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
102 Aye 64 No
Tax 70% aligned 166 shared votes
115 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 13 No
Defence 78% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
57
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
91
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 358 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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