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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 32 different votes 232 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
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 10 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 434 of 650
Participation
80.9 %
8 % above average
Rank 191 of 650
387
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,340 eligible divisions
198
51.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
189
48.8 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
11
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

147
+79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Appearances
76
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
175
+54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650
Contributions
109
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£189,783
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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

Trade
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Education
42 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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