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Alistair Strathern vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 0 different votes 478 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
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Contributions
461
+318.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API