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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Mark Garnier

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Mark Garnier voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

227 same votes 64 different votes 291 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 72% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

165
+82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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