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Ed Miliband vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ed Miliband and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.
877 same votes
88 different votes
965 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
55.0%
18% below average
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API