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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Apsana Begum voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 198 different votes 286 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 60% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 52% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 16% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 17 No
Education 16% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

167
+83.4 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
197
+51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,783
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API