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Stephen Doughty vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

995 same votes 120 different votes 1,115 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
87 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
87 Aye 64 No
35 Aye 60 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
35 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 69% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 74% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
97 Aye 41 No
Tax 77% aligned 138 shared votes
91 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 80% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% 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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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