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Brendan O'Hara vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Hilary Benn voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,095 shared comparable votes.

1,004 same votes 91 different votes 1,095 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
23 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 22 No
Benefits 75% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
99 Aye 57 No
Tax 76% aligned 156 shared votes
103 Aye 53 No
21 Aye 13 No
Energy 85% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 2 No
Education 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.8%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,370
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,372 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.5% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

79
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
94
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
458
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API