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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Heidi Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 153 different votes 400 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
50 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
50 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 5 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Foreign Affairs 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 77% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 36% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 49% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Contributions
547
+403.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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