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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Dave Doogan voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 116 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 26 different votes 116 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
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 83% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 28 No
Tax 83% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
155
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 190 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API