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Peter Dowd vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Peter Dowd and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,178 shared comparable votes.

968 same votes 210 different votes 1,178 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
30 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
30 Aye 46 No
96 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
93 Aye 62 No
28 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 35 No
Trade 90% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Education 42% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
121 Aye 61 No
Tax 64% aligned 182 shared votes
107 Aye 75 No
7 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 72% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 17 No
Defence 74% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
916
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
721
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Trade
72 of 91 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