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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Claire Hughes voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 222 different votes 266 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 4% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 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
89.6%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
519
579 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
51.6% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
251
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
2
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
119
-18.2 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
2
-135.2 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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