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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 16% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 212 different votes 251 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 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
85.7%
13% above average
Rank 82 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
580 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
49.7% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
250
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.2% 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
62
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
103
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£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
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Housing
30 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

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