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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Bill Esterson voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,230 shared comparable votes.

1,028 same votes 202 different votes 1,230 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
32 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
32 Aye 75 No
94 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
97 Aye 58 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 23 No
Transport 92% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 41% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 19 No
Education 48% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
104 Aye 67 No
Tax 67% aligned 171 shared votes
116 Aye 55 No
14 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% 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
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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