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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Ian Lavery
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Ian Lavery voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,247 shared comparable votes.
1,029 same votes
218 different votes
1,247 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
76.1 %
3 % above average
1,575
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,784
2,344 eligible divisions
902
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
995
55.8 % of votes cast
673
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
789
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
63
-6.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
71
+1.7 vs Commons average
103
-20.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
101
-22.1 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37 % 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
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API