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Heidi Alexander vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 567 shared comparable votes.

564 same votes 3 different votes 567 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
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 11 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 61 shared votes
53 Aye 8 No
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
391
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
184
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
207
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
66
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
26 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
8 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API