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Dr Kieran Mullan vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Dr Kieran Mullan and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,062 different votes 1,104 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
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
69 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
688
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
716
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£301,859
33% 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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