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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 1,154 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 1,126 different votes 1,154 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
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
44 Aye 86 No
Tax 2% aligned 130 shared votes
83 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 37 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
37 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,496
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
731
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
765
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

231
+141.0 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
66
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
291
+134.4 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
415
+258.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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
11
4 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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