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Neil O'Brien vs Dr Al Pinkerton

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


Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Dr Al Pinkerton voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 55 different votes 279 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
11 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 56% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 649
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
888
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
51.7% of votes cast
909
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
194
48.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
Appearances
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Contributions
197
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£189,783
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38% above average
Latest expenses
£189,783
16% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
80 of 87 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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