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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Peter Dowd

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

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Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,292 different votes 1,362 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
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 9% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
48 Aye 40 No
Migration 6% aligned 88 shared votes
37 Aye 51 No
15 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
897
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
996
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
21
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
158 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
81 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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