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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Fabian Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Fabian Hamilton voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

931 same votes 167 different votes 1,098 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
27 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
27 Aye 67 No
94 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 160 shared votes
97 Aye 63 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 23 No
Trade 94% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Education 43% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 61% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 65% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
93 Aye 68 No
Tax 66% aligned 161 shared votes
116 Aye 45 No
14 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 556 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
829
56.2% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
647
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
9
-133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 622 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
£2,699,927
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£278,935
23% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Housing
49 of 67 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