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Mr Alistair Carmichael vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Mr Alistair Carmichael and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,387 shared comparable votes.

1,131 same votes 256 different votes 1,387 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
98 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 165 shared votes
101 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 92% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Education 41% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
114 Aye 75 No
Tax 66% aligned 189 shared votes
127 Aye 62 No
17 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 74% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
1,602
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,978
2,406 eligible divisions
923
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,093
55.3% of votes cast
679
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Appearances
157
+64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
155
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Contributions
702
+540.0 vs Commons average
Rank 11 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£319,374
41% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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 212 votes
#1
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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