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Heidi Alexander vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 491 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 483 different votes 491 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 10 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
37 Aye 58 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
Participation
79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 647
343
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,858
2,333 eligible divisions
161
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
47.4 % of votes cast
182
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
977
52.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

56
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Appearances
80
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
443
+325.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650
Contributions
123
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
5
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Transport
24 of 25 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 64 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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