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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Catherine McKinnell

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,145 shared comparable votes.

983 same votes 162 different votes 1,145 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
94 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 No
30 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
30 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 12 No
Education 48% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
105 Aye 53 No
Tax 69% aligned 158 shared votes
108 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 13 No
Defence 72% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 485 of 650
Participation
68.2 %
4 % below average
Rank 465 of 650
1,571
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,340 eligible divisions
899
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
875
54.8 % of votes cast
672
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
721
45.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
23
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
89
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Contributions
36
-84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Work / Employment
63 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
53 of 66 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Trade
69 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

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