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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 44 different votes 238 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
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 94% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 65% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 650
Participation
68.0%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 650
421
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,635
2,406 eligible divisions
222
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
764
46.7% of votes cast
199
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
871
53.3% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

185
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
147
+54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
442
+280.0 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 212 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 94 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 Oct 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API