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Claire Young vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Claire Young and Hilary Benn voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 256 different votes 313 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
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 30% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
420
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
221
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
199
47.4 % 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

132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
148
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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