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Samantha Dixon vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 55% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 174 different votes 387 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
14 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 7 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 90% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Education 14% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 22% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 29% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
682
935 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
339
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
343
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 6 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

30
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
139
+31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Migration
81 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Trade
17 of 20 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API