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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Ben Lake
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Ben Lake voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.
1,106 same votes
38 different votes
1,144 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
67.0 %
6 % below average
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
907
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
674
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
68
-70.3 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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