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Harriet Cross vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Hilary Benn voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 273 different votes 280 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
430
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
202
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
228
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
27 of 32 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