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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Mr Paul Foster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.
37 same votes
204 different votes
241 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
66.9%
5% below average
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
1,585
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
582 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.4% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
234
49.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
75
-5.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
39
-41.0 vs Commons average
122
-17.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
61
-78.4 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API