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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Emily Thornberry
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.
924 same votes
154 different votes
1,078 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
61.8%
11% below average
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
79
-2.7 vs Commons average
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
131
-11.3 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API