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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 1,093 shared comparable votes.

151 same votes 942 different votes 1,093 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 20 No
Education 53% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
94 Aye 59 No
Tax 25% aligned 153 shared votes
42 Aye 111 No
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 24% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 19% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
95 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 153 shared votes
57 Aye 96 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
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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