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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dr Simon Opher
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.
50 same votes
192 different votes
242 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
66.7%
6% below average
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
1,592
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
601 eligible divisions
915
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
47.5% of votes cast
677
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
81
-4.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
53
-32.6 vs Commons average
123
-26.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
77
-72.1 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API