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Graham Stuart vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Graham Stuart and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,418 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,352 different votes 1,418 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
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 150 shared votes
90 Aye 60 No
13 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 36 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
3% above average
Rank 285 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,808
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
853
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
955
52.8% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
332
+188.5 vs Commons average
Rank 51 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

£2,872,623
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£299,689
33% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
11
7 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

Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
57 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API