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Dawn Butler vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

1,359 same votes 18 different votes 1,377 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
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
66 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
66 Aye 64 No
26 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
26 Aye 77 No
45 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
45 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 12 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
115 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
115 Aye 67 No
66 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
66 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

63.7%
9% below average
Rank 530 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,526
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,396 eligible divisions
844
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.4% of votes cast
682
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
43.6% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

59
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Appearances
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
57
-95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
407
+255.0 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
172 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 76 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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