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Sir John Whittingdale vs Dr Al Pinkerton
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir John Whittingdale and Dr Al Pinkerton voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.
206 same votes
35 different votes
241 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
80.5%
8% above average
Participation
68.1%
4% below average
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
51.7% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
194
48.3% of votes cast
12
0.6% 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
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
167
+83.3 vs Commons average
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
197
+51.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£189,783
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£189,783
16% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API