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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dame Diana Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dame Diana Johnson voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,201 shared comparable votes.

995 same votes 206 different votes 1,201 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
28 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 86 shared votes
28 Aye 58 No
98 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 160 shared votes
101 Aye 59 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 24 No
Transport 92% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 92% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
Education 37% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
97 Aye 63 No
Tax 68% aligned 160 shared votes
113 Aye 47 No
17 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 74% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
940
56.9% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
711
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
35
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£246,131
9% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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