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Sir Nicholas Dakin vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Nicholas Dakin and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 596 shared comparable votes.
386 same votes
210 different votes
596 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
82.7%
10% above average
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
488
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
239
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
249
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£208,878
8% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API