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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Paula Barker voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 287 different votes 342 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 0 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 12 No
Benefits 26% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 34 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 9% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

68.6%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,648 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.3% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
621
47.7% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
73
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
80
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 389 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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