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Matt Western vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,247 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,247 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
35 Aye 27 No
Trade 6% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
57 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
55 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
4
0.3% 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

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
3
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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