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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 86% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.
202 same votes
32 different votes
234 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
68.5 %
4 % below average
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
575 eligible divisions
908
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
203
51.5 % of votes cast
993
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
191
48.5 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.8 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
167
+89.1 vs Commons average
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
196
+57.7 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
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
11 Feb 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API