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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Bob Blackman voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

252 same votes 55 different votes 307 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 46 No
Tax 96% aligned 75 shared votes
26 Aye 49 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 94% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

165
+82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
150
+67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
192
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Contributions
177
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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