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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

995 same votes 124 different votes 1,119 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
87 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
87 Aye 64 No
35 Aye 60 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
35 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 11 No
Benefits 93% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 74% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
91 Aye 47 No
Tax 77% aligned 138 shared votes
97 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 80% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
66.3%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
57.2% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
683
42.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

98
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Appearances
85
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
153
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Contributions
405
+244.9 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API