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Victoria Atkins vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Victoria Atkins and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

210 same votes 1,096 different votes 1,306 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
15 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 27 shared votes
3 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 32 No
Education 38% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
54 Aye 127 No
Tax 32% aligned 181 shared votes
105 Aye 76 No
7 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 26% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
76 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 176 shared votes
107 Aye 69 No
17 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,922
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
927
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
995
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

19
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
30
-107.1 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£241,610
7% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
5
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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