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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Bill Esterson voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 226 different votes 270 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 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 40% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,681
2,366 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
56.1% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
738
43.9% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
80
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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