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Olivia Blake vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 955 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 913 different votes 955 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
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 12% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
42 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 102 shared votes
58 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
649
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
590
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
Appearances
126
+42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
193
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
5
2 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

Education
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Transport
53 of 64 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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