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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,252 shared comparable votes.

187 same votes 1,065 different votes 1,252 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 19 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 40% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
101 Aye 54 No
Tax 26% aligned 155 shared votes
51 Aye 104 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 24% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 23% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 80 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
77 Aye 38 No
107 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
67 Aye 108 No
14 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
27
6 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 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