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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Karin Smyth voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 284 different votes 335 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 20 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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

68.6%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,366 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
56.0% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
755
44.0% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
104
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
403
+265.9 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 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