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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 1,372 shared comparable votes.

1,131 same votes 241 different votes 1,372 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
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 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
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

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
912
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
675
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Appearances
156
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
117
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649
Contributions
667
+524.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 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