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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Richard Baker voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 192 different votes 228 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 5 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
434
580 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
48.2% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
225
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8% of votes cast
25 years, 2 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
54
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Contributions
67
-70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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