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Dr Al Pinkerton vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and John McDonnell voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 282 different votes 353 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Benefits 26% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 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
27 Aye 41 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
44 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 463 of 650
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 650
407
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,888
2,387 eligible divisions
211
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,026
54.3% of votes cast
196
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
862
45.7% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

170
+84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 650
Appearances
128
+42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
201
+51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Contributions
161
+11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
64 of 70 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API