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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Catherine West voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,222 shared comparable votes.

1,075 same votes 147 different votes 1,222 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
102 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
102 Aye 66 No
34 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
34 Aye 79 No
2 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 24 No
Education 47% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
101 Aye 57 No
Tax 70% aligned 158 shared votes
106 Aye 52 No
15 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 72% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 8 No
Energy 81% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
57
-85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API