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Sir Stephen Timms vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

1,118 same votes 217 different votes 1,335 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
98 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
98 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 92% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 21 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 19 No
Education 49% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
117 Aye 60 No
Tax 70% aligned 177 shared votes
112 Aye 65 No
9 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 74% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 75% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
8
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API