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Mr Louie French vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 29% of the time, based on 601 shared comparable votes.

175 same votes 426 different votes 601 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
9 Aye 20 No
Education 76% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 57 No
Tax 64% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
3 Aye 11 No
Defence 36% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
58 Aye 30 No
Migration 3% aligned 88 shared votes
27 Aye 61 No
6 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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