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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Debbie Abrahams

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,181 shared comparable votes.

982 same votes 199 different votes 1,181 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
27 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
27 Aye 74 No
14 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
97 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 158 shared votes
100 Aye 58 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 29 No
Trade 90% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 7 No
Education 62% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
104 Aye 53 No
Tax 66% aligned 157 shared votes
110 Aye 47 No
13 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 73% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
57 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 130 shared votes
60 Aye 70 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
69
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
84
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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