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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 531 shared comparable votes.

309 same votes 222 different votes 531 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

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
878
1,155 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
433
49.3 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
445
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

68
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
Appearances
59
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
116
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Contributions
77
-61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
33 of 43 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