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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Robin Swann

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Robin Swann voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 50 different votes 243 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
4 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 40 No
Tax 98% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 77% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
590 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
54.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
204
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Contributions
146
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 208 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
£203,308
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£203,308
10% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Tax
96 of 112 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API