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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Edward Argar

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 Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Edward Argar voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,797 shared comparable votes.

1,776 same votes 21 different votes 1,797 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
90 Aye 157 No
Tax 100% aligned 247 shared votes
90 Aye 157 No
108 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 154 shared votes
108 Aye 46 No
37 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 45 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
20 Aye 45 No
35 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 130 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 203 shared votes
78 Aye 125 No
37 Aye 38 No
Trade 95% aligned 75 shared votes
39 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
88 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 173 shared votes
89 Aye 84 No
90 Aye 157 No
Tax 100% aligned 247 shared votes
90 Aye 157 No

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

Voting record

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 215 of 647
Participation
90.3 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 647
1,853
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,098
2,323 eligible divisions
877
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
997
47.5 % of votes cast
976
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,101
52.5 % of votes cast
21
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 647
Appearances
47
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 647
119
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 647
Contributions
79
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Trade
78 of 88 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Holocaust Memorial Bill Committee: New Clause 1 22 May 2024
No
Aye rebel
Standards Code of Conduct amendment (a) 12 Dec 2022
No
No rebel
Environment Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 45 20 Oct 2021
Environment / Climate
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree to Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye rebel
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
No
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2B and to Lords Amendment 3B and propose amendments (a) and (b) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Jan 2021
Trade
Aye
No rebel
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Motion to agree to Lords Amendment 5 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye rebel
Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API