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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Karl Turner

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Karl Turner voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,032 shared comparable votes.

901 same votes 131 different votes 1,032 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
33 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
33 Aye 55 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
93 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 157 shared votes
96 Aye 61 No
21 Aye 25 No
Trade 98% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 12 No
Education 53% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
95 Aye 63 No
Tax 68% aligned 158 shared votes
113 Aye 45 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 79% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 82% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
56.5%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,359
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
787
57.9% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
572
42.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Appearances
36
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
153
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Contributions
27
-132.5 vs Commons average
Rank 599 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
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Housing
46 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Transport
65 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Tax
201 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API