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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Peter Dowd voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 248 different votes 286 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 43 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 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 460 of 649
Participation
69.0%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
400
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,373 eligible divisions
208
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
192
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

164
+82.8 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 649
Appearances
41
-40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 649
190
+48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Contributions
29
-112.2 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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