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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Stuart Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 832 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 655 different votes 832 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
16 Aye 17 No
Education 76% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
69 Aye 47 No
Tax 44% aligned 116 shared votes
34 Aye 82 No
18 Aye 16 No
Defence 26% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
54 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 107 shared votes
52 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 63 No
Migration 3% aligned 96 shared votes
60 Aye 36 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 295 of 650
1,592
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,663 eligible divisions
915
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
677
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
65
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
121
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
111
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Migration
127 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

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