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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 289 different votes 338 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 4% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 12% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 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
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,366 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.2% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
792
43.8% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
54
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
48
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 500 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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