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Hilary Benn vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 0 different votes 357 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
41 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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