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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 401 shared comparable votes.

219 same votes 182 different votes 401 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
4 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 82% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
12 Aye 10 No
Education 18% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 26 No
Tax 21% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 29% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 7 No
Transport 30% aligned 10 shared votes
8 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

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 339 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
725
984 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
357
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
368
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
277
+138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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

£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
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

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
39 of 48 votes
Trade
20 of 23 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Migration
83 of 97 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