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David Williams vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

401 same votes 11 different votes 412 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
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
530
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
269
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
261
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

74
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
94
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Contributions
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API