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Mr James Frith vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 654 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 621 different votes 654 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 9 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
68 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 105 shared votes
32 Aye 73 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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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