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Alicia Kearns vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Hilary Benn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 861 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 806 different votes 861 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
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 28 No
Migration 6% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
5 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 7 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
30 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
27
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
13
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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