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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dan Tomlinson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dan Tomlinson voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 151 different votes 182 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 34 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 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
62.1%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
580 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
49.2% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
183
50.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.4% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
79
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
466
+328.9 vs Commons average
Rank 21 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
£225,538
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£225,538
same as average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
25 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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