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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Michael Payne

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
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 297 different votes 300 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
31 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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 203 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,881
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
890
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
991
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
21
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
167
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
158 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
81 of 91 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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