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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,219 shared comparable votes.

1,218 same votes 1 different votes 1,219 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
88 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
88 Aye 67 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
24 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
24 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
88 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
88 Aye 67 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
60 Aye 63 No
24 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
24 Aye 63 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API