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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Chris Law voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

885 same votes 29 different votes 914 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
106 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
106 Aye 69 No
31 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 98 shared votes
31 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 4 No
Education 80% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 82% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
85 Aye 60 No
Tax 94% aligned 145 shared votes
83 Aye 62 No
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 96% aligned 28 shared votes
13 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
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
196 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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