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Nick Smith vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,181 shared comparable votes.

953 same votes 228 different votes 1,181 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
26 Aye 53 No
Migration 100% aligned 79 shared votes
26 Aye 53 No
80 Aye 44 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 124 shared votes
77 Aye 47 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 95% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
38 Aye 22 No
Education 45% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 63% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
120 Aye 54 No
Tax 63% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
755
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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