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Derek Twigg vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

780 same votes 167 different votes 947 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
21 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 22 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
87 Aye 42 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 129 shared votes
85 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 11 No
Education 53% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 63% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
93 Aye 35 No
Tax 66% aligned 128 shared votes
82 Aye 46 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

58.4 %
15 % below average
Rank 589 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,351
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
784
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
567
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
25
1.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

37
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
23
-86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 648
Contributions
88
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
31 of 45 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API