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Adam Thompson vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson
Lab Erewash
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Adam Thompson and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 367 different votes 376 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
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
26 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
26 Aye 50 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

92.5%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
546
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
270
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
276
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
Appearances
126
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
112
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Contributions
193
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£179,664
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£179,664
21% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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