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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Hilary Benn voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 272 different votes 309 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
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 29% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 16% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 12 No
Benefits 16% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 24 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 456 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
394
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
203
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
191
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
11
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

167
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
196
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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