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Steve Darling vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 4 different votes 270 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
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 476 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 488 of 650
422
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,417 eligible divisions
232
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
926
57.5% of votes cast
190
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
684
42.5% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

157
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
188
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
8
5 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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API