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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Alistair Carmichael and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,284 shared comparable votes.
1,096 same votes
188 different votes
1,284 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
67.1 %
6 % below average
Participation
77.0 %
4 % above average
1,571
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,802
2,340 eligible divisions
899
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.4 % of votes cast
672
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
785
43.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
59
-8.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
30
-37.3 vs Commons average
89
-30.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
15
-104.6 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
13
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API