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Sir Alan Campbell vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Sir Alan Campbell
Sir Alan Campbell
Lab Tynemouth
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Sir Alan Campbell and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

1,094 same votes 249 different votes 1,343 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
34 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
34 Aye 79 No
101 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 36 No
Trade 92% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Education 45% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
130 Aye 56 No
Tax 64% aligned 186 shared votes
111 Aye 75 No
13 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 69% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

82.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 163 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,903
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
1,059
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
844
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

39
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
1,400
+1292.1 vs Commons average
Rank 1 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

£2,344,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£228,128
1 % 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

NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
54 of 59 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Migration
153 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
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