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Alex Baker vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Alex Baker and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 10 different votes 364 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
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
477
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
253
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
224
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Contributions
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,028
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£175,028
23% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
32 of 33 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API