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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dave Doogan voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 571 shared comparable votes.

548 same votes 23 different votes 571 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
29 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 63% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 2 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 4 No
Energy 86% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
53 Aye 43 No
Tax 93% aligned 96 shared votes
52 Aye 44 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 93% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
48.4 %
24 % below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
795
1,643 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
54.2 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
364
45.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
89
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
148
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

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