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Clive Efford vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,663 shared comparable votes.

1,661 same votes 2 different votes 1,663 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
123 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
123 Aye 71 No
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
108 Aye 68 No
80 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 152 shared votes
80 Aye 72 No
41 Aye 106 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
41 Aye 106 No
47 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 79 shared votes
47 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 22 No
Benefits 97% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
123 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
123 Aye 71 No
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
108 Aye 68 No
80 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 152 shared votes
80 Aye 72 No
41 Aye 106 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
41 Aye 106 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,835
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
1,029
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
806
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Appearances
65
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
88
-66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
413
+258.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API