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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 46 different votes 266 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 45 No
Tax 96% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 65% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

164
+82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
190
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Contributions
89
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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