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Derek Twigg vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Derek Twigg and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,273 shared comparable votes.
1,253 same votes
20 different votes
1,273 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
58.2%
14% below average
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
1,407
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,417 eligible divisions
812
57.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,059
56.4% of votes cast
595
42.3% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.6% of votes cast
27
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
398
+233.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API