Mr Alistair Carmichael
MP since 7 Jun 2001
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The Rt Hon Mr Alistair Carmichael is the Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001.
1549
Votes Cast
N/A
Expenses
7,807
Majority
55.1%
Vote Share
Expenses
No expense data available.
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 20,688 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
22
Written Questions
27
Oral Questions
157
Debates Spoken In⚑
272
Speeches⚑
300
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading
17 Dec 2025
1 AYE1 NORailways Bill
2 votes · 9 Dec 2025
Railways Bill
2 votes · 9 Dec 2025
1 AYE2 NOEmployment Rights Bill
3 votes · 8 Dec 2025
Employment Rights Bill
3 votes · 8 Dec 2025
4 AYEPension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 3 Dec 2025
Pension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 3 Dec 2025
3 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 25 Nov 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 25 Nov 2025
Financial Interests(5)
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
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Employment and earnings
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
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
10 November 2021
Rental income: from 10 November 2021
Rental income details: income paid to my father
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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
10 November 2021 Rental income: from 10 November 2021 Rental income details: income paid to my father
- 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
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
24 October 2021
A firm which manages two farms and the letting of self-catering holiday accommodation on Islay.
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(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
24 October 2021
A firm which manages two farms and the letting of self-catering holiday accommodation on Islay.
- 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
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 22 September 2017
Registered 12 October 2017
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 24 October 2021
Registered 16 November 2021
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Mr in Parliament
Telecommunications Cables
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of plans to replace the copper wire communications network.
Environmental Land Management Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the (a) full results and (b) evaluation reports from all Environment Land Management and Tri
Wave Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department will consider setting a £7m wave energy ringfence in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference mechanism
Tidal Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department will consider setting a £40m tidal stream ringfence in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference mechani
Infrastructure: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of the security provisions for energy and telecommunications infrastructure in the
Spirits: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Office for Budget Responsibility made of revenues for spirits excise duty in the 2024-25 financial year; and what those revenues are to date.
Whisky: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the increase in alcohol duty for spirits introduced in 2023 on the Scotch whisky industry.
Immigration Controls: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accuracy of individual identification carried out by the technical infrastructure which perfor
Immigration Controls: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the treatment that people with similar names to other individuals on watchlists receive during
Tidal Power: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the minimum ringfence for Tidal Stream projects to £30 million for A
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