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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Sir Edward Leigh
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,202 shared comparable votes.
176 same votes
1,026 different votes
1,202 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
75.0%
2% above average
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,775
2,366 eligible divisions
910
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
836
47.1% of votes cast
675
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
939
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Debates
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
162
+83.3 vs Commons average
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
180
+42.9 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API