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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Jayne Kirkham

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 215 different votes 260 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 18 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.1% of votes cast
674
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
232
48.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
190
+111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650
117
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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