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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Rachel Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 204 different votes 238 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 41 No
Tax 5% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 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
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.3 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % 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
108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
160
+21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 167 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
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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