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Alison McGovern vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,370 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,310 different votes 1,370 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
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 11 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: 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 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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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