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Blake Stephenson vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 301 different votes 307 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 650
405
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,349 eligible divisions
184
45.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
56.7 % of votes cast
221
54.6 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

67
-4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
42
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
90
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
366
+239.8 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Tax
91 of 111 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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