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Charlotte Nichols vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,102 shared comparable votes.

1,102 same votes 0 different votes 1,102 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
82 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
82 Aye 46 No
30 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
30 Aye 97 No
56 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
56 Aye 62 No
42 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
42 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
82 Aye 46 No
30 Aye 97 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
30 Aye 97 No
56 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 118 shared votes
56 Aye 62 No
42 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
42 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
655
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
625
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

15
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
17
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 649
Contributions
460
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Housing
50 of 54 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API