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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 202 different votes 255 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 650
1,592
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
601 eligible divisions
915
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
51.3% of votes cast
677
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
218
48.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
46
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
123
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
65
-84.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
13
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5

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