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Dan Carden vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dan Carden and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

1,323 same votes 6 different votes 1,329 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
118 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
118 Aye 59 No
97 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
97 Aye 65 No
54 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
54 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
25 Aye 75 No
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
118 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
118 Aye 59 No
97 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
97 Aye 65 No
54 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
54 Aye 66 No
25 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
25 Aye 75 No
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No

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

Voting record

68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
808
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
652
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
37
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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

£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£298,675
32% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
16
5 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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API