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Peter Dowd vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Peter Dowd and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.
965 same votes
201 different votes
1,166 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
69.2 %
4 % below average
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
1,599
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
904
56.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
695
43.5 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
14
-93.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£243,077
7 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API