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Chris Law vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Hilary Benn voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 979 shared comparable votes.

894 same votes 85 different votes 979 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
24 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 56 No
Tax 71% aligned 143 shared votes
94 Aye 49 No
10 Aye 10 No
Energy 75% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,865
2,406 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,051
56.4% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

62
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
67
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
69
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
417
+258.5 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 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