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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sir Ashley Fox

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

172 same votes 46 different votes 218 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
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 95% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 35 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Benefits 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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
76.9%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
590 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
45.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
248
54.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
171
+88.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Contributions
251
+107.5 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30% below 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
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API