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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Simon Lightwood

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

279 same votes 150 different votes 429 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
17 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 2 No
Energy 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 19% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 27 No
Tax 37% aligned 59 shared votes
43 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% 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
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API