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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Graham Stuart

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

Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland
vs
Photograph of Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart
Con Beverley and Holderness

Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Graham Stuart voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,202 shared comparable votes.

183 same votes 1,019 different votes 1,202 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 21 No
Education 62% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
100 Aye 68 No
Tax 33% aligned 168 shared votes
50 Aye 118 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 24% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 19% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 15 No
Housing 18% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 63 No
Migration 3% aligned 98 shared votes
60 Aye 38 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
90 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 156 shared votes
63 Aye 93 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
76.2%
3% above average
Rank 285 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,366 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
849
47.1% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
954
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
121
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
312
+174.9 vs Commons average
Rank 52 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
£2,872,623
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£299,689
33% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
7 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
57 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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