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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 980 shared comparable votes.

951 same votes 29 different votes 980 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
106 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
106 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 66 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
35 Aye 66 No
36 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 4 No
Education 86% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 90% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
93 Aye 54 No
Tax 96% aligned 147 shared votes
93 Aye 54 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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