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David Davis vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

David Davis and Hilary Benn voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

111 same votes 1,135 different votes 1,246 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
69 Aye 44 No
Migration 16% aligned 113 shared votes
32 Aye 81 No
27 Aye 34 No
Trade 13% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
46 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 96 shared votes
48 Aye 48 No
12 Aye 30 No
Benefits 10% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 18 No
Defence 8% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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