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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Helen Grant voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 1,221 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 1,028 different votes 1,221 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
0 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 49% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
100 Aye 59 No
Tax 28% aligned 159 shared votes
50 Aye 109 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 22% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 16 No
Defence 21% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 56 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
103 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 174 shared votes
69 Aye 105 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,746
2,366 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
47.1% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
923
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
16
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
27
-110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 579 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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