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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Andrew Western voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 265 different votes 312 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 5% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.6%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
72.9%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
702
963 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
345
49.1% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
357
50.9% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
45
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
298
+160.9 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£189,783
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
2
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API