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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 535 shared comparable votes.

311 same votes 224 different votes 535 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
17 Aye 59 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
17 Aye 59 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 82% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 19 No
Education 11% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
47 Aye 45 No
Tax 26% aligned 92 shared votes
63 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 3 No
Benefits 42% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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