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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 206 different votes 249 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
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
43 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
53.8% of votes cast
674
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
211
46.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Appearances
50
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
117
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
Contributions
64
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 446 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
£177,477
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£177,477
22% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Education
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
27 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