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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Nick Smith voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 278 different votes 315 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 23% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 41 No
Tax 4% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 26 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 456 of 649
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
394
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
203
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
191
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
11
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

167
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
196
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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