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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Ben Coleman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Ben Coleman voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 181 different votes 220 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 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
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 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
72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
54.6 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
188
45.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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