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Alex Mayer vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 1 different votes 408 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 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

95.6 %
23 % above average
Rank 1 of 650
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 650
538
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,349 eligible divisions
270
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
56.7 % of votes cast
268
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

61
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
68
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Contributions
366
+241.1 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£197,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£197,450
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
3
3 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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API