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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and James Murray voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 879 shared comparable votes.

684 same votes 195 different votes 879 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
32 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
32 Aye 62 No
16 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 89% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Education 24% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
78 Aye 59 No
Tax 50% aligned 137 shared votes
97 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 73% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 74% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,610
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,699 eligible divisions
926
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
53.0% of votes cast
684
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
106
+11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
157
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Contributions
784
+619.9 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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