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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 121 different votes 158 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
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

169
+84.2 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
Appearances
57
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
200
+52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Contributions
420
+272.3 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
180 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API