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Afzal Khan vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Afzal Khan and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,495 shared comparable votes.

1,488 same votes 7 different votes 1,495 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
104 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
104 Aye 60 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
97 Aye 66 No
78 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
78 Aye 75 No
38 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
38 Aye 93 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
104 Aye 60 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
97 Aye 66 No
78 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
78 Aye 75 No
38 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
38 Aye 93 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,657
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
925
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
732
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
44
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,767,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£247,867
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Housing
52 of 54 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
44 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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