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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 8 different votes 427 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
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

88.0%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
557
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
292
52.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
265
47.6% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.5% of votes cast
11
2.0% 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

60
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Appearances
69
-26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
75
-90.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
398
+232.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
6
3 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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API