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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Tim Farron
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Tim Farron voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,226 shared comparable votes.
1,217 same votes
9 different votes
1,226 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
66.6%
6% below average
Participation
62.6%
10% below average
1,602
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,505
2,405 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
828
55.0% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
677
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
88
-0.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
164
+75.6 vs Commons average
134
-19.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
191
+37.1 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API