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Steve Witherden vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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

Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
vs
Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Steve Witherden and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 316 different votes 322 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
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
25 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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 203 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
244
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
227
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

60
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
76
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£141,271
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£141,271
38% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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