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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Deirdre Costigan
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.
43 same votes
213 different votes
256 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
91.2%
18% above average
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
579 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
51.9% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
254
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
72
-6.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
5
-73.8 vs Commons average
119
-18.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
5
-132.5 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
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API