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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 510 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 501 different votes 510 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
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
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

28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
79.6%
8% above average
Rank 202 of 649
673
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,368 eligible divisions
382
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
893
47.3% of votes cast
291
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
993
52.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
119
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
Contributions
184
+44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649

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
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

Housing
37 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
47 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
35 of 95 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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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