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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 81% of the time, based on 1,198 shared comparable votes.

974 same votes 224 different votes 1,198 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
62 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 72% aligned 132 shared votes
63 Aye 69 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 482 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,725
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
961
55.7% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
92
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
155
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
286
+124.0 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£1,972,637
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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