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Jim Dickson vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 363 different votes 371 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
33 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.9%
16% above average
Rank 29 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
551
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
263
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
47.5% of votes cast
288
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,005
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

173
+80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
132
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
208
+46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Contributions
230
+68.0 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API