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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 85% of the time, based on 1,160 shared comparable votes.

990 same votes 170 different votes 1,160 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
15 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 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
29 Aye 12 No
Education 49% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
108 Aye 53 No
Tax 68% aligned 161 shared votes
108 Aye 53 No
24 Aye 13 No
Defence 73% aligned 37 shared votes
22 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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
20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£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
7
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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