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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 1,106 shared comparable votes.

991 same votes 115 different votes 1,106 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
19 Aye 11 No
Education 77% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 79% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 13 No
Defence 83% aligned 35 shared votes
22 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

62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,477
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
626
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
413
+274.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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

£2,131,457
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
1
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
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
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 43 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