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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Ben Maguire voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 1 different votes 227 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
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Appearances
98
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
119
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
114
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API