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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 947 shared comparable votes.
780 same votes
167 different votes
947 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
57.9 %
15 % below average
1,575
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,358
2,344 eligible divisions
902
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
786
57.9 % of votes cast
673
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
572
42.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.8 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
63
-6.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
45
-24.8 vs Commons average
103
-20.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
25
-98.9 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
£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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API