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Peter Swallow vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 210 different votes 258 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
490
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
241
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
249
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

179
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
261
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
2 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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