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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 516 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 507 different votes 516 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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 204 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
897
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
996
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
21
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

126
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
193
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Contributions
547
+401.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
158 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
81 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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