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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 240 shared comparable votes.
237 same votes
3 different votes
240 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
67.0 %
6 % below average
Participation
67.2 %
6 % below average
377
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,349 eligible divisions
205
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
57.4 % of votes cast
172
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
673
42.6 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
126
+55.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
63
-7.9 vs Commons average
176
+50.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
108
-17.8 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
27 Apr 2026
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API