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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 194 different votes 226 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 2 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 41 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
44 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 255 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
51.9 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
215
48.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
88
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
112
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 268 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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