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Rachael Maskell vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,390 shared comparable votes.

1,141 same votes 249 different votes 1,390 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
100 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
100 Aye 69 No
34 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
34 Aye 80 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 91% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 21 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
40 Aye 21 No
Education 48% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
128 Aye 61 No
Tax 66% aligned 189 shared votes
117 Aye 72 No
14 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 69% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 70% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
47
2.4% 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

256
+172.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
310
+164.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API