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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Derek Twigg
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Derek Twigg voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 958 shared comparable votes.
783 same votes
175 different votes
958 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
66.8%
6% below average
Participation
58.0%
15% below average
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
75
-6.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
51
-30.9 vs Commons average
117
-25.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
38
-104.4 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API