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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Liam Byrne voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 207 different votes 245 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
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,553
2,366 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
865
55.7% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
688
44.3% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
59
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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