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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 82% of the time, based on 1,228 shared comparable votes.

1,010 same votes 218 different votes 1,228 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
15 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 22 No
Transport 89% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 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

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
56.1% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
778
43.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
151
+58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
155
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
271
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£2,571,517
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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