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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

1,010 same votes 203 different votes 1,213 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
102 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
102 Aye 70 No
34 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
34 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 32 No
Trade 96% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 24 No
Education 49% aligned 55 shared votes
39 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 55% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
100 Aye 67 No
Tax 66% aligned 167 shared votes
122 Aye 45 No
15 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% 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
123
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API