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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sarah Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sarah Smith voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 167 different votes 186 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 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 34 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
Participation
64.3 %
9 % below average
Rank 533 of 648
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
338
526 eligible divisions
896
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
53.6 % of votes cast
671
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
157
46.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.8 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
Appearances
42
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 648
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
Contributions
54
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Tax
80 of 108 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Benefits
22 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API