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Gareth Davies vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Davies and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,041 different votes 1,083 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
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 9 No
Transport 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 129 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,380
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
691
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
689
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
3
0.2% 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

48
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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

£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£271,157
20% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
155 of 174 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