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Phil Brickell vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Phil Brickell and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 192 different votes 234 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
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 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
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 23 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
26 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
457
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
227
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
230
50.3 % 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

108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
139
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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

£179,925
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£179,925
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Migration
12 of 13 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