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David Burton-Sampson vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

David Burton-Sampson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 1 different votes 405 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
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
515
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
268
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
247
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£191,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£191,962
15% 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API