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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Michael Shanks
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Al Pinkerton and Michael Shanks voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.
41 same votes
208 different votes
249 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
68.6%
4% below average
Participation
64.1%
9% below average
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
768 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.8% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
257
52.2% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023
Debates
164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
101
+22.3 vs Commons average
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
409
+271.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£189,783
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API