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Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat Surrey Heath

Voting record

1
Voted for
5
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

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.

See Dr Al Pinkerton’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Dr Al Pinkerton — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 402 of 590 (68%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.

10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Ayes 104, Noes 412 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Ayes 102, Noes 409 no vote recorded
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 Ayes 93, Noes 323 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 97, Noes 358 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 Ayes 330, Noes 93 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 no vote recorded
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Ayes 271, Noes 95 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Ayes 269, Noes 103 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Ayes 300, Noes 101 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Dr Al Pinkerton currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Europe) — Opposition Department — since 2025-10-01 Shadow
Previously held
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland) — Opposition Department (2024-09-18 to 2025-10-01) Shadow

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.

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

Environment & climate

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.

By category
Staffing — £156,008.39 (4 claims)
Office Costs — £38,349.50 (115 claims)
Accommodation — £12,143.50 (44 claims)
MP Travel — £2,977.80 (8 claims)
Staff Travel — £325.85 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Equipment - purchase — £90.00, 2026-03-23 — Sundries
Hotel - London — £418.50, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-11930]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £64.74, 2026-03-16 — Landline & internet package
Hotel - London — £454.50, 2026-03-16 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-3859]
Hotel - London — £378.00, 2026-03-08 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-14155]
Hotel - London — -£348.34, 2026-03-05 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-14918]
Hotel - London — £418.50, 2026-03-03 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-7358]
Hotel - Direct Supply — £424.00, 2026-03-03 — Parliamentary Business Travel [200013646-31]

Every claim on file for Dr Al Pinkerton →

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.

Most recent tabled
A new growth and defence partnership with Europe — tabled 2026-06-25, 30 sponsors
Camberley men's breakfast club — tabled 2026-06-23, 13 sponsors
Touring artists mobility arrangements — tabled 2026-06-09, 56 sponsors
Mutual recognition of professional qualifications — tabled 2026-06-09, 36 sponsors
UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme — tabled 2026-05-21, 38 sponsors
UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures agreement — tabled 2026-05-20, 32 sponsors
UK hauliers and border friction — tabled 2026-05-14, 27 sponsors

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.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gibraltar — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Falkland Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group — Secretary
Declared funding: Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe (£1,501-3,000).
Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support All-Party Parliamentary Group — Officer
No declared funding on file.
Isle of Man (Manx) All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

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).

Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe — about £2,250.50, 1 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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