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Caroline Voaden vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Hilary Benn voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 262 different votes 311 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 20 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

69.0%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
Participation
77.2%
4% above average
Rank 266 of 649
400
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,366 eligible divisions
200
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.7% of votes cast
200
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
791
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

160
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
199
+61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Contributions
457
+319.9 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 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