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Linsey Farnsworth vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 318 different votes 326 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
28 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
28 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 650
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 650
490
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,344 eligible divisions
255
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
885
47.4 % of votes cast
235
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
982
52.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

65
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
82
+11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
119
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
125
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
1
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
79 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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 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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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