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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

243 same votes 53 different votes 296 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
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 39 No
Tax 96% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

165
+82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
192
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Contributions
156
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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