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Hilary Benn vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,095 shared comparable votes.

1,004 same votes 91 different votes 1,095 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
23 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 20 No
Benefits 75% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
103 Aye 53 No
Tax 76% aligned 156 shared votes
99 Aye 57 No
22 Aye 12 No
Energy 85% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 3 No
Education 93% aligned 15 shared votes
13 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
754
55.0% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
616
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API