UK Parliament · member 1442
Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP
- Party
- Liberal Democrat — Liberal Democrats
- Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Member for this seat since
- 7 June 2001
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Mr Alistair Carmichael, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Employment and earnings
- Member of the Advisory Board of the House Magazine (registered 22 September 2021)
- Payment received on 29 September 2025 - £750.00 (registered 30 September 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in Islay, Argyll (registered 16 November 2021)
Shareholdings
- Shares in Coillabus Farms (registered 16 November 2021)
Miscellaneous
- An unpaid partner in Coillabus Farms. (registered 16 November 2021)
- Unremunerated Director of the Council for Arab-British Understanding. (registered 12 October 2017)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 298 recorded divisions where Mr Alistair Carmichael and at least one other Liberal Democrat member were recorded voting, Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way as most voting Liberal Democrat members 297 times (99.7%).
This compares Mr Alistair Carmichael with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £21,072 across 114 claim lines; 2024-25: £320,593 across 219 claim lines; 2023-24: £285,022 across 257 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 113 | £20,177 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 1 | £896 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £216,189 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 19 | £38,302 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 183 | £37,664 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 1 | £14,797 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 12 | £11,516 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £2,124 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £186,784 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 210 | £38,760 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 14 | £34,264 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 20 | £15,746 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 9 | £6,399 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £3,069 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — SSE ENERGY SOLUTIONS | £100 | Paid |
| 15 May 2019 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner April 2019 | £100 | Paid |
| 3 February 2025 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | ORKNEY MEDIA GROUP . H | £99 | Paid |
| 30 October 2023 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | ORKNEY MEDIA GROUP . H | £99 | Paid |
| 24 February 2022 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | Advertising - Digital Forum | £99 | Paid |
| 18 February 2022 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | Advertising - Public Notice for Northern Isles Digital Forum | £99 | Paid |
| 29 March 2019 | Office Costs · Advertising | Payment card - March 2019 — ORKNEY MEDIA GROUP LIM | £99 | Paid |
| 1 October 2021 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Holiday planner/ink cartridges for Orkney Parliamentary Office | £99 | Paid |
| 12 March 2024 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — BUSINESS STREAM [200010137-2450] | £98 | Paid |
| 11 December 2023 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — BUSINESS STREAM | £98 | Paid |
| 24 November 2017 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | XMA Ltd — November XMA invoice for stationery | £98 | Paid |
| 5 September 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Shared costs - Shetland — Scottish Hydro | £98 | Paid |
| 18 August 2025 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | ORKNEY MEDIA GROUP . H | £97 | Paid |
| 5 November 2015 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Banner — Cartridge(s) | £97 | Paid |
| 31 July 2024 | Office Costs · Cleaning services | Window cleaning Orkney office June-July 2024 | £97 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.