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John Cooper vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

165 same votes 53 different votes 218 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 42 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 45% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API