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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 55 different votes 279 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
12 Aye 19 No
Education 97% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 37 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 56% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 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

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

164
+82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
191
+48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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