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Ed Davey vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Hilary Benn voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

887 same votes 197 different votes 1,084 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
93 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
93 Aye 63 No
10 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 69 No
Migration 97% aligned 105 shared votes
35 Aye 70 No
17 Aye 31 No
Trade 94% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Education 36% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 58% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
78 Aye 44 No
Tax 63% aligned 122 shared votes
81 Aye 41 No
55 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 108 shared votes
55 Aye 53 No

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

Voting record

59.6%
13% below average
Rank 574 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,281
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,865
2,406 eligible divisions
718
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,051
56.4% of votes cast
563
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.6% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

74
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
Appearances
71
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
125
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Contributions
425
+263.0 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
11
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
170 of 189 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 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