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Hilary Benn vs Alice Macdonald

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 Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 0 different votes 391 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
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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