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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Liz Kendall

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Liz Kendall voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 1,130 shared comparable votes.

988 same votes 142 different votes 1,130 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
35 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
35 Aye 75 No
100 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 95% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 19 No
Education 57% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
98 Aye 48 No
Tax 78% aligned 146 shared votes
100 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 79% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.9% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
665
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% 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
35
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
153
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Contributions
483
+323.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API