Surrey Heath.

Pinkerton's most distinctive recent activity came on 20 June 2025, when he broke from the Liberal Democrat majority five times on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. His votes reveal a coherent position: he backed amendments to close the voluntary stopping of eating and drinking loophole -- voting both aye and no depending on which version of the amendment was on the table -- and supported procedural moves to allow further clauses to be considered. The stance data backs this up: he sits well below his party's average on opposing assisted dying and notably above it on end-of-life autonomy and safeguards, suggesting he supports the principle of the bill but wants tighter protections built in. More recently, he voted with his party to refer the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment and against government powers to direct pension fund investment.

At 71% voting participation, Pinkerton is somewhat below the Commons average, though first-term MPs building a constituency base often see depressed figures. He is a 97% party-line voter outside the assisted dying votes. His 239 contributions across 167 debates point to genuine parliamentary engagement -- defence and economy dominate his speech topics, the latter including a Ten Minute Rule Bill on a UK-EU customs union that attracted local press coverage in late 2025. His stance profile shows consistent support for Lords scrutiny and parliamentary accountability, and strong alignment with climate action and business-friendly positions.

His background as an academic geographer and former King's College London professor informs a recurring focus on defence and geopolitics in his speeches. Locally, he has pressed the Health Secretary over Frimley Park Hospital site selection and campaigned against Surrey county council election postponement. His news coverage over the past 90 days is extensive -- 32 articles -- but sentiment scores cluster around neutral, indicating steady local visibility without major controversy. No committee roles are recorded.