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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 1,052 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 659 different votes 1,052 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
18 Aye 15 No
Defence 73% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 61% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 60% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 10 No
Benefits 59% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
88 Aye 61 No
Tax 52% aligned 149 shared votes
65 Aye 84 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
102 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 168 shared votes
62 Aye 106 No
10 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 21% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 25% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 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