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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 210 shared comparable votes.

166 same votes 44 different votes 210 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 29 No
Tax 94% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
1,610
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
631 eligible divisions
926
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
45.9% of votes cast
684
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
102
+7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
157
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Contributions
150
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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