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Danny Kruger vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Danny Kruger
Danny Kruger
RUK East Wiltshire
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Danny Kruger and Hilary Benn voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 991 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 959 different votes 991 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
16 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 11 No
Transport 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 649
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 264 of 649
1,287
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,354 eligible divisions
636
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
56.8 % of votes cast
651
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.2 % of votes cast
14
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

55
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
60
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Contributions
435
+301.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,285,037
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£287,990
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
49 of 51 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Migration
143 of 152 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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