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Dave Doogan vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Hilary Benn voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 635 shared comparable votes.

555 same votes 80 different votes 635 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 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 52% aligned 84 shared votes
57 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 11 No
Benefits 65% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 6 No
Energy 81% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 92% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
460
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API