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Nigel Farage vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 96 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 20 different votes 96 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
9 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
0 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

26.8%
46% below average
Rank 639 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
15
56 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,417 eligible divisions
5
33.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
926
57.5% of votes cast
10
66.7% of votes cast
No votes
684
42.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

17
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 650
Appearances
103
+8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
19
-145.1 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 650
Contributions
157
-7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 212 votes
Trade
3 of 3 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Transport
1 of 3 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 13 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API