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Mr Alistair Carmichael

Liberal Democrat Orkney and Shetland

Voting record

3
Voted for
2
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading.

Whip meter Estimate 92%

How often Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way as most of the Liberal Democrat party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Mr Alistair Carmichael →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Member of the Advisory Board of the House Magazine
From: 12 May 2021.
Payer: Dods Group Ltd, 11th Floor, The Shard, 32 London Bridge St, London SE1 9SG
(Registered 22 September 2021)
Payment: £750
Received on: 29 September 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 30 September 2025)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Agricultural land (Farmland including farm buildings and one house let as holiday accommodation, managed through Coillabus Farms)
Location: Islay, Argyll
Interest held: from 10 November 2021
Rental income: from 10 November 2021
Rental income details: income paid to my father
(Registered 16 November 2021; updated 29 July 2024)

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Coillabus Farms
Nature of business: A firm which manages two farms and the letting of self-catering holiday accommodation on Islay.
Interest held: from 24 October 2021
(Registered 16 November 2021)

8. Miscellaneous

Unremunerated Director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding.
Date interest arose: 22 September 2017
(Registered 12 October 2017)

Employment & business

An unpaid partner in Coillabus Farms.
Date interest arose: 24 October 2021
(Registered 16 November 2021)

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