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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Simon Hoare

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Simon Hoare voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 1,201 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 954 different votes 1,201 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
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 19 No
Education 48% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
107 Aye 68 No
Tax 31% aligned 175 shared votes
58 Aye 117 No
68 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 139 shared votes
70 Aye 69 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 24% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
102 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 164 shared votes
63 Aye 101 No
13 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
1,592
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,773
2,381 eligible divisions
915
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
831
46.9% of votes cast
677
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
942
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
46
2.6% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
102
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
121
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
133
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£272,934
21% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
193 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
58 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Tax
257 of 322 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