Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat Surrey Heath
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Dr Al Pinkerton voted the same way as most of the Liberal Democrat party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
Dr Al Pinkerton currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Dr Al Pinkerton →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A OAA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, value £799.82
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 25 May 2025 to 29 May 2025
Purpose of visit: To undertake a visit to British Forces Brunei as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme
(Registered 15 October 2025)
Name of donor: HM Government of Cayman Islands
Address of donor: 133 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9000, Cayman Islands
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2906.60), accommodation (£1919.63), transfers (£199.50), subsistence (£653.20), commemorative item (£64.34), value £5,742.27
Destination of visit: Cayman Islands
Dates of visit: 13 February 2026 to 17 February 2026
Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit to UK Overseas Territory, exploring natural disaster responsiveness and preparedness, financial regulation, environmental management, and governance.
(Registered 6 March 2026)
Name of donor: Friedrich Nauman Stiftung
Address of donor: Karl-Marx-Straße 2, 14482 Potsdam Germany
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, London-Iceland (£393.00), accommodation in Reykjavik (£250) and airport transfers (£100), value £743
Destination of visit: Iceland (Reykjavik)
Dates of visit: 14 June 2026 to 16 June 2026
Purpose of visit: To discuss Iceland's forthcoming referendum on possible EU accession.
(Registered 19 July 2026)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Dr Al Pinkerton yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Dr Al Pinkerton has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£209,805.04 paid out to or for Dr Al Pinkerton across 173 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Dr Al Pinkerton’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
Dr Al Pinkerton has tabled 11 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 392 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Dr Al Pinkerton personally tabled — not motions Dr Al Pinkerton may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Dr Al Pinkerton is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe — about £2,250.50 across 1 group (Falkland Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dr Al Pinkerton personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dr Al Pinkerton is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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