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Helen Grant vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Helen Grant and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,413 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,342 different votes 1,413 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
12 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
72 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 178 shared votes
108 Aye 70 No
17 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
62 Aye 39 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
35 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
826
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
925
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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

£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£276,159
22% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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