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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 316 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 182 different votes 316 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
5 Aye 1 No
Trade 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 4 No
Energy 71% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 10% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 20 No
Tax 14% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 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

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API