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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.


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 314 different votes 321 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
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
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 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

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

82
-0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
140
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API