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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,293 shared comparable votes.

219 same votes 1,074 different votes 1,293 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 27 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 24 No
Education 52% aligned 52 shared votes
17 Aye 35 No
97 Aye 78 No
Tax 34% aligned 175 shared votes
56 Aye 119 No
9 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 24% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 67 No
Migration 0% aligned 99 shared votes
67 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
104 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 172 shared votes
63 Aye 109 No
19 Aye 12 No
Benefits 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
907
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2% of votes cast
674
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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