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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 1,320 shared comparable votes.
1,103 same votes
217 different votes
1,320 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
66.8%
6% below average
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
124
+42.3 vs Commons average
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
157
+14.7 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
7
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API