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Jack Abbott vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 353 different votes 362 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
536
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
265
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
271
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

23
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Appearances
126
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
30
-112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Contributions
193
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,221
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£181,221
20% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API