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Keir Mather vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 172 different votes 297 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
5 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 91% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 4 No
Defence 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
37 Aye 17 No
Tax 15% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 17% 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

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

62
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
249
+141.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Defence
23 of 23 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

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