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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 11% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 169 different votes 190 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
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 34 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
357
575 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
191
53.5 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
166
46.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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
£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
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
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
10 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Tax
80 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

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