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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 306 different votes 349 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
49 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 25 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
197
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
66 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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