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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Mike Martin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

238 same votes 1 different votes 239 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
24 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
342
590 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
55.8% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
151
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
119
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API