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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 224 different votes 268 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 33% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 21% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
65.2%
8% below average
Rank 513 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
702
1,077 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
384
54.7% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
318
45.3% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
93
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
245
+107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 82 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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