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Helen Maguire vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Helen Maguire and Hilary Benn voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 246 different votes 287 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 24 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
368
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,372 eligible divisions
191
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.5% of votes cast
177
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

158
+77.4 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
Appearances
58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
185
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Contributions
458
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£217,983
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£217,983
4% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
16
7 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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API