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Liz Twist vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,292 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,214 different votes 1,292 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
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
58 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 126 shared votes
68 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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