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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs John McDonnell
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and John McDonnell voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.
1,096 same votes
212 different votes
1,308 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.2 %
6 % below average
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
1,575
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,851
2,344 eligible divisions
902
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
54.6 % of votes cast
673
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
841
45.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
61
-7.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
93
+24.5 vs Commons average
96
-25.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
126
+4.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API