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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 270 different votes 323 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
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 30% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 4% aligned 74 shared votes
43 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 21 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 4 No
Transport 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 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

68.6%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
580 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
47.6% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
242
52.4% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
61
-76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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

Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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