Compare

Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 211 different votes 252 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 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 38 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 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

67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
Participation
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
479
580 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
49.3% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1% 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
177
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
282
+144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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