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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 81% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

190 same votes 46 different votes 236 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
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
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 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

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.7% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
255
55.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
118
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
140
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API