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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

193 same votes 44 different votes 237 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
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
14 Aye 43 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 10 No
Benefits 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
208
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
194
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

165
+82.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
192
+48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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