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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 46 different votes 249 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
24 Aye 43 No
Tax 96% aligned 67 shared votes
21 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
78.7%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
620 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
221
45.3% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
267
54.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.5% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
127
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
155
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
157
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 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
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
16
6 registered categories
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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