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Edward Argar vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,681 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,601 different votes 1,681 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
74 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
15 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 27 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
82 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 161 shared votes
79 Aye 82 No
17 Aye 39 No
Benefits 4% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
35 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
40 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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