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Ashley Dalton vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 506 shared comparable votes.

501 same votes 5 different votes 506 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
22 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
22 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
22 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.9%
9% below average
Rank 545 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
602
957 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
280
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
322
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

47
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Appearances
66
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
106
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Contributions
415
+258.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
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

NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
6 of 7 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 17 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API