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Hilary Benn vs Caroline Nokes

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 Caroline Nokes
Caroline Nokes
Con Romsey and Southampton North

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Caroline Nokes voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,138 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 1,040 different votes 1,138 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
18 Aye 32 No
Migration 24% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
109 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 170 shared votes
67 Aye 103 No
19 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 129 shared votes
44 Aye 85 No
24 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 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
59.6%
13% below average
Rank 577 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
653
46.1% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
762
53.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
37
2.6% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
Appearances
377
+295.3 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 649
460
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Contributions
0
-142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 649 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
£2,363,481
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£236,335
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
76 of 91 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h) 22 Jul 2024
Aye
Aye
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Consideration of Lords Message: manuscript amendment 21 May 2024
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 59 15 May 2024
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Criminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 44 15 May 2024
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 8 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 8 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 8 May 2024
Tax
No
No
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 104 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 31 30 Apr 2024
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Risk-based exclusion: amendment (o) 13 May 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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