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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,648 shared comparable votes.

1,634 same votes 14 different votes 1,648 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
116 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
116 Aye 66 No
86 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 162 shared votes
86 Aye 76 No
35 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
35 Aye 108 No
52 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 76 shared votes
52 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
110 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No
116 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
116 Aye 66 No
86 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 162 shared votes
86 Aye 76 No
35 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
35 Aye 108 No
52 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 76 shared votes
52 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 650
1,819
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,849
2,390 eligible divisions
1,010
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
56.5% of votes cast
809
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
804
43.5% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

113
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
162
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
406
+254.6 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
68 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
69 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API