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Greg Smith vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 1,072 different votes 1,099 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
16 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 86 No
Tax 2% aligned 129 shared votes
83 Aye 46 No
68 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 134 shared votes
64 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 36 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
36 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,801
2,333 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
778
43.2 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

176
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
44
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
247
+127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Contributions
388
+268.9 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Defence
56 of 64 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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