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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 72 different votes 272 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
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 95% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 82% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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 204 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
897
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
996
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
21
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Migration
158 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
81 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API