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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Claire Coutinho

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

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Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 832 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 688 different votes 832 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
18 Aye 12 No
Education 67% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
59 Aye 48 No
Tax 41% aligned 107 shared votes
28 Aye 79 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 18 No
Transport 32% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
52 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 114 shared votes
64 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 67 No
Migration 1% aligned 98 shared votes
66 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,643 eligible divisions
907
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.6% of votes cast
674
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
603
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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