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Matt Bishop vs Mr Alistair Carmichael
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Bishop and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.
30 same votes
150 different votes
180 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
53.4%
19% below average
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
310
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,366 eligible divisions
143
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
167
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
34
-44.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
72
-6.7 vs Commons average
45
-92.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
6
2 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API