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Ruth Cadbury vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,451 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,382 different votes 1,451 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
32 Aye 34 No
Trade 8% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Education
78 of 96 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
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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