Compare

Dr Al Pinkerton vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Chris McDonald voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 259 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 16% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 4% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 19 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 456 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
394
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
575 eligible divisions
203
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
49.6% of votes cast
191
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.4% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

167
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
95
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
196
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Contributions
408
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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