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Gill Furniss vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Gill Furniss and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,445 shared comparable votes.

1,438 same votes 7 different votes 1,445 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
111 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
108 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
77 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
77 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
36 Aye 74 No
47 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
47 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
111 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
108 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
77 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
77 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
36 Aye 74 No
47 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 67 shared votes
47 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 401 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,647
2,310 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
911
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
736
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
12
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
10 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

42
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
37
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£322,640
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
50 of 61 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API