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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 530 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 521 different votes 530 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
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 11 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 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
29 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
391
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
184
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.5% of votes cast
207
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
129
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
220
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
6
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Transport
26 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 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
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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