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Alison McGovern vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,501 shared comparable votes.

1,499 same votes 2 different votes 1,501 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
110 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
110 Aye 71 No
77 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 147 shared votes
77 Aye 70 No
42 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
42 Aye 101 No
47 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
47 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 169 shared votes
104 Aye 65 No
110 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
110 Aye 71 No
77 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 147 shared votes
77 Aye 70 No
42 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
42 Aye 101 No
47 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
47 Aye 23 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 431 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,651
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
918
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
733
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
446
+307.7 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API