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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Apsana Begum
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Apsana Begum voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 782 shared comparable votes.
639 same votes
143 different votes
782 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
67.2 %
6 % below average
Participation
69.5 %
3 % below average
1,575
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,130
1,626 eligible divisions
902
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
594
52.6 % of votes cast
673
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
536
47.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.7 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
63
-6.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-9.8 vs Commons average
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
70
-53.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
13
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API