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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Hilary Benn voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.
1,087 same votes
217 different votes
1,304 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
77.3%
5% above average
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
460
+317.7 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API