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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 432 shared comparable votes.

431 same votes 1 different votes 432 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
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 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
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
562
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
281
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
281
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API