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Gareth Thomas vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Gareth Thomas and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,121 shared comparable votes.
945 same votes
176 different votes
1,121 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
66.5%
6% below average
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
48
-97.9 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
14
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API