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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 243 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 3 different votes 243 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
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 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 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
28 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 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 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
208
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
177
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
7
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API