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Hilary Benn vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,543 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,460 different votes 1,543 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
106 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 172 shared votes
71 Aye 101 No
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 26 No
Transport 4% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 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
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% 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
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 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