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George Freeman vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

George Freeman and Hilary Benn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,406 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,326 different votes 1,406 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
31 Aye 22 No
Transport 9% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
75 Aye 85 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 160 shared votes
98 Aye 62 No
16 Aye 22 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 30 No
Trade 5% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 31 No
Benefits 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,746
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
852
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
894
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
27
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
20
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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

£2,886,193
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£287,402
27% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
17
5 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
185 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
54 of 70 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