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Alex Sobel vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alex Sobel and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.
1,322 same votes
2 different votes
1,324 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
71.7 %
2 % below average
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
1,474
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
810
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
664
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
765
42.9 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
84
+23.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
38
-22.4 vs Commons average
98
-10.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API