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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Derek Twigg

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Derek Twigg voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 207 different votes 262 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 463 of 650
Participation
58.1%
14% below average
Rank 588 of 650
407
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,388
2,387 eligible divisions
211
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
57.6% of votes cast
196
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
589
42.4% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

169
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
Appearances
54
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
200
+52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
41
-106.7 vs Commons average
Rank 546 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% 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

Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
52 of 70 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 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