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Dr Al Pinkerton vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and John Cooper voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

243 same votes 52 different votes 295 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
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 96% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 65% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

165
+82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
192
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Contributions
118
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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