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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sir Christopher Chope
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 920 shared comparable votes.
139 same votes
781 different votes
920 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
59.3%
13% below average
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,402
2,366 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
596
42.5% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
806
57.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
45
-33.7 vs Commons average
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
40
-97.1 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API