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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Jim McMahon voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

974 same votes 210 different votes 1,184 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
27 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
27 Aye 72 No
14 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
94 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 153 shared votes
97 Aye 56 No
20 Aye 34 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Education 47% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 64% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
106 Aye 61 No
Tax 67% aligned 167 shared votes
113 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 74% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
87
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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