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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 202 different votes 233 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 1 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 41 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
Participation
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 116 of 648
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
526 eligible divisions
896
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
51.3 % of votes cast
671
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
217
48.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
Appearances
56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 648
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
Contributions
92
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

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