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Daisy Cooper vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Daisy Cooper and Hilary Benn voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 973 shared comparable votes.

696 same votes 277 different votes 973 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
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Education 22% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 52 No
Tax 45% aligned 121 shared votes
84 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 31 No
Devolution / Local Government 45% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 52% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 24 No
Benefits 58% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 649
1,186
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,356 eligible divisions
614
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,033
56.8 % of votes cast
572
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
785
43.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

73
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
108
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
435
+300.5 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,262,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£274,876
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
22
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
14
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

Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API