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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Keir Mather

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


Voting alignment

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

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Contributions
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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