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Chris Coghlan vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Chris Coghlan
Chris Coghlan
LD Dorking and Horley
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Chris Coghlan and Hilary Benn voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 183 different votes 211 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 14 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

51.8 %
21 % below average
Rank 618 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
298
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
172
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
126
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
74
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,989
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£188,989
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
33 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
70 of 111 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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