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Dan Aldridge vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Dan Aldridge
Dan Aldridge
Lab Weston-super-Mare
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Dan Aldridge and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 0 different votes 287 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
20 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 476 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
396
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
192
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
204
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

15
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,491
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£177,491
22% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
29 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API