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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Paul Holmes voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 52 different votes 274 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
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 95% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Housing 64% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
114
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
192
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
395
+252.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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