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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 81% of the time, based on 797 shared comparable votes.
643 same votes
154 different votes
797 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
66.6%
6% below average
Participation
68.8%
4% below average
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,161
1,688 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
601
51.8% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
560
48.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
89
-4.0 vs Commons average
155
-7.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
97
-65.0 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
2
2 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API