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Hilary Benn vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,574 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,499 different votes 1,574 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
110 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 177 shared votes
67 Aye 110 No
25 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 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
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API