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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Paul Holmes voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 901 shared comparable votes.

187 same votes 714 different votes 901 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 21 No
Work / Employment 65% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 62% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
71 Aye 48 No
Tax 41% aligned 119 shared votes
37 Aye 82 No
12 Aye 18 No
Transport 30% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
59 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 28% aligned 117 shared votes
59 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 69 No
Migration 2% aligned 95 shared votes
67 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 8% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 92 of 650
1,592
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,414
1,663 eligible divisions
915
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
49.8% of votes cast
677
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
115
+29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
121
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
388
+239.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 51 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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