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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Ian Lavery voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

1,034 same votes 224 different votes 1,258 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
33 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
33 Aye 78 No
97 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 156 shared votes
100 Aye 56 No
26 Aye 13 No
Benefits 97% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 92% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 23 No
Education 53% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
106 Aye 63 No
Tax 67% aligned 169 shared votes
119 Aye 50 No
16 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
86
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API