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Claire Hughes vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 0 different votes 367 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

89.8 %
17 % above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 264 of 649
510
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,354 eligible divisions
265
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
56.8 % of votes cast
245
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

6
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
6
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
435
+301.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
0
0 registered categories
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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