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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Richard Quigley

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Richard Quigley voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 200 different votes 242 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Housing 40% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 198 of 649
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
579 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
46.8% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
247
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.4% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
46
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
119
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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
£171,447
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£171,447
24% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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