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Dame Meg Hillier vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,570 shared comparable votes.

1,553 same votes 17 different votes 1,570 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
128 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
128 Aye 68 No
75 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
75 Aye 69 No
40 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
40 Aye 95 No
58 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 77 shared votes
58 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 98% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
109 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 183 shared votes
112 Aye 71 No
128 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
128 Aye 68 No
75 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
75 Aye 69 No
40 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
40 Aye 95 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 650
1,759
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,849
2,390 eligible divisions
991
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
56.5% of votes cast
768
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
804
43.5% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

141
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Appearances
60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
230
+78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
69 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 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