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Andrew Bowie vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,303 different votes 1,369 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
70 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 165 shared votes
97 Aye 68 No
16 Aye 35 No
Benefits 6% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
58 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 120 shared votes
62 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 33 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
6
4 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
187 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API