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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Dr Al Pinkerton

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Dr Al Pinkerton voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 53 different votes 290 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
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 461 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
51.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
194
48.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£189,783
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£189,783
16% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
6
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

Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API