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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Edward Argar voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

255 same votes 55 different votes 310 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 42 No
Tax 96% aligned 71 shared votes
26 Aye 45 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

165
+82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
192
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Contributions
129
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 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