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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Greg Smith voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

280 same votes 57 different votes 337 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
30 Aye 44 No
Tax 96% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 20 No
Education 94% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 650
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 650
421
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,497
1,688 eligible divisions
222
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
48.8% of votes cast
199
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
766
51.2% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

185
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
243
+150.0 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
343
+181.0 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 64 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
55 of 56 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

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