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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 80% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 51 different votes 257 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
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 2 No
Benefits 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
24 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 69% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 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

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 650
1,610
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
631 eligible divisions
926
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
54.4% of votes cast
684
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
213
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
133
+38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
156
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Contributions
171
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 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
£203,308
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£203,308
10% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Tax
96 of 121 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