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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Sir Julian Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Al Pinkerton and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.
260 same votes
53 different votes
313 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.9%
4% below average
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
421
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,406 eligible divisions
222
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
199
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
185
+92.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
105
+12.0 vs Commons average
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
130
-32.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£189,783
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API