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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 910 shared comparable votes.

882 same votes 28 different votes 910 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
16 Aye 12 No
Transport 96% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
547
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
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,467,498
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
33 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 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