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Voting Record — Alistair Carmichael MP, Orkney and Shetland (10785)

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

6 May 2010 still in office LDem 1 vote out of 56, 1.8% 56 votes out of 56, 100.0% 0 times

5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 LDem 9 votes out of 852, 1.1% 852 votes out of 1288, 66.1% 2 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 LDem 13 votes out of 854, 1.5% 854 votes out of 1246, 68.5% 2 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Alistair Carmichael	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Members' Allowances Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
11 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland,
House	Date	Subject	Alistair Carmichael	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Feb 2010	Bill Presented — Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Money) (No. 3)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 May 2009	Bill Presented — Clause 16 — Rates and rebates from September 2009	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' financial interests — Full and complete registration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	minority	aye	Rebel
10 Feb 2009	Became a member of the Members' Allowances Committee
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Scottish and Northern Ireland Affairs
8 Jan 2009	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland,
27 Nov 2008	Stopped being a member of the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
7 Oct 2008	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Scottish and Northern Ireland Affairs
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
7 May 2008	Became a member of the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
18 Apr 2008	Became a member of the Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
6 Mar 2008	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Scottish Affairs
6 Mar 2008	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Affairs
29 Jan 2008	Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
6 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Scottish Affairs
6 Jul 2007	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Scotland
4 Jul 2007	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Transport
4 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Scotland
4 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Affairs
24 May 2006	Stopped being a member of the Public Accounts Committee
21 Mar 2006	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Transport
21 Mar 2006	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Home Affairs
14 Jul 2005	Became a member of the Public Accounts Committee
Commons	5 Jul 2005	Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Timetable	tellno	no	Teller
1 Jun 2005	Stopped being Energy Review, Scotland
1 Jun 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland Affairs
1 Jun 2005	Became Shadow Minister, Home Affairs
House	Date	Subject	Mr Alistair Carmichael	LDem Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No.2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 22 — Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	Majority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee
Commons	12 May 2004	Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Feb 2004	School Admissions (Prohibition of Religious Discrimination)	minority	no	Rebel
26 Jan 2004	Became Energy Review, Scotland
26 Jan 2004	Became Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland Affairs
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees — PAY FOR CHAIRMEN OF SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill (Programme) (No. 3)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2003	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Rate of Duty on Spirits	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 May 2002	Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Disclosing protected information about adults	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2002	Proceeds of Crime Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 447 — Orders and regulations	tellaye	aye	Teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
18%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Ban fox hunting
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
0%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
89%	Fully Elected House of Lords
76%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
64%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	Nuclear power - For
7%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
7%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
93%	Post office closures - against
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
64%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
38%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	Stop climate change
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	Terrorism laws - For
50%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
26%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
0%	Trident replacement - In favour
7%	University education fees - For top up fees
93%	University education fees - Should be free
0%	University tuition fees
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
96.5% Charles Kennedy Ross, Skye and Lochaber LDem

94.6% Willie Rennie Dunfermline and West Fife LDem

93.5% Mark Hunter Cheadle LDem

86.5% Patrick Cormack South Staffordshire Con

85.7% John Howell Henley Con