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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.

Photograph of Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Matthew Pennycook and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

1,121 same votes 231 different votes 1,352 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
28 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 21 No
Education 40% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
127 Aye 59 No
Tax 67% aligned 186 shared votes
111 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 78% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

82.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 165 of 648
Participation
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
1,903
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
1,065
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
838
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

79
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
399
+291.1 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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

£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
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

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
42 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sep 2025
Transport
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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