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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 342 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 301 different votes 342 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 456 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
394
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
203
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
191
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
11
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

167
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
196
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
4
2 registered categories
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

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