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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Jo Platt

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

Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland
vs
Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Jo Platt voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 513 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 194 different votes 513 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 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
70 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 109 shared votes
71 Aye 38 No
11 Aye 14 No
Trade 92% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 85% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 17 No
Education 15% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
49 Aye 50 No
Tax 35% aligned 99 shared votes
67 Aye 32 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
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 263 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
445
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
51.0 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
218
49.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
34
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 649
118
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
50
-89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 501 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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