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Bill Esterson vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,302 different votes 1,377 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
30 Aye 12 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 6% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
744
44.1% 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, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
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
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API