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Catherine West vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Catherine West and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 1,216 shared comparable votes.
1,071 same votes
145 different votes
1,216 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.4 %
1 % above average
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
943
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
790
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % 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
43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
51
-87.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API