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Dame Harriett Baldwin vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dame Harriett Baldwin and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,536 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,468 different votes 1,536 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
14 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
72 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 179 shared votes
110 Aye 69 No
17 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

81.6%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,940
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,025
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

106
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
135
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£247,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
11
5 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

Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
76 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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