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Alex Burghart vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,441 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,384 different votes 1,441 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
69 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 166 shared votes
97 Aye 69 No
12 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
98 Aye 43 No
Migration 3% aligned 141 shared votes
39 Aye 102 No
10 Aye 38 No
Education 2% aligned 48 shared votes
39 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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