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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Ben Maguire

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

Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex
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Photograph of Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Ben Maguire voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

174 same votes 59 different votes 233 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
7 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 93% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
1 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
61.6 %
11 % below average
Rank 565 of 649
1,875
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
568 eligible divisions
887
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0 % of votes cast
988
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0 % of votes cast
21
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
94
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
153
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
107
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21 % below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Trade
79 of 89 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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