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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 218 different votes 254 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 13 No
Housing 29% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

68.3%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
400
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,372 eligible divisions
208
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.7% of votes cast
192
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
683
43.3% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

165
+84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
194
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 649
Contributions
45
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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