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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Jeff Smith voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 309 different votes 362 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 27% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
31 Aye 44 No
Tax 4% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.6%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,366 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
54.5% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
856
45.5% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
49
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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