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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,010 shared comparable votes.

983 same votes 27 different votes 1,010 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
105 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
34 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 11 No
Energy 92% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 96% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
99 Aye 59 No
Tax 96% aligned 158 shared votes
97 Aye 61 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
57.9 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,366
2,361 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
752
55.1 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
614
44.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 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