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Emma Hardy vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

1,368 same votes 9 different votes 1,377 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
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
97 Aye 63 No
105 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
105 Aye 53 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
28 Aye 89 No
42 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
97 Aye 63 No
105 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
105 Aye 53 No
66 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
66 Aye 70 No
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
28 Aye 89 No
42 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

70.2%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,504
2,141 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,396 eligible divisions
807
53.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.4% of votes cast
697
46.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
43.6% of votes cast
10
0.7% 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

82
-5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Appearances
61
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
418
+266.0 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
407
+255.0 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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
68 of 76 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 76 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API