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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Paul Waugh voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 230 different votes 271 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 4% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 18 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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
88.8%
16% above average
Rank 29 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
580 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.9% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
258
50.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
1.9% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
129
+50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
154
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 176 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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