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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 90% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

993 same votes 112 different votes 1,105 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
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
89 Aye 47 No
Tax 78% aligned 136 shared votes
97 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 14 No
Defence 80% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 82% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
Participation
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
896
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
894
58.0 % of votes cast
671
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
647
42.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
17
1.1 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
Appearances
54
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 648
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648
Contributions
298
+190.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 648

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
0
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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