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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Melanie Ward voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.
38 same votes
191 different votes
229 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
67.0%
6% below average
Participation
76.0%
3% above average
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
579 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.8% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
221
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7% of votes cast
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
71
-7.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-9.3 vs Commons average
118
-18.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
93
-43.4 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
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