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Catherine Atkinson vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 11 different votes 410 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
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

106
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
194
+24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API