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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Dr Al Pinkerton
Dr Al Pinkerton
LD Surrey Heath
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.

168 same votes 34 different votes 202 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
13 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 83% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
0 Aye 4 No
Benefits 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 440 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
388
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,626 eligible divisions
198
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
642
51.9 % of votes cast
190
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
596
48.1 % of votes cast
11
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

149
+79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Appearances
49
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
177
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
100
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Trade
5 of 5 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Education
42 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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