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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Helen Grant voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 31 different votes 211 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
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 94% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
197
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
204 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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