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Matthew Pennycook vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

1,127 same votes 239 different votes 1,366 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
35 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
35 Aye 79 No
101 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 92% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Education 41% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
127 Aye 62 No
Tax 66% aligned 189 shared votes
114 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 74% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 149 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,945
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
1,081
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
864
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

134
+56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
552
+413.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£216,649
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 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