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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Al Pinkerton and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.
228 same votes
54 different votes
282 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
70.7%
2% below average
421
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,406 eligible divisions
222
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
199
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
186
+92.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
59
-34.9 vs Commons average
219
+55.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
65
-98.5 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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