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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,102 shared comparable votes.

989 same votes 113 different votes 1,102 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
31 Aye 63 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
31 Aye 63 No
10 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
101 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
98 Aye 65 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 49 No
Tax 76% aligned 145 shared votes
91 Aye 54 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 76% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 82% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
53 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 107 shared votes
48 Aye 59 No

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

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
265
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API