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Hilary Benn vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Catherine West voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,585 shared comparable votes.

1,579 same votes 6 different votes 1,585 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
115 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 185 shared votes
115 Aye 70 No
41 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 150 shared votes
41 Aye 109 No
69 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 145 shared votes
69 Aye 76 No
58 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 82 shared votes
58 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 13 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
110 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 179 shared votes
107 Aye 72 No
115 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 185 shared votes
115 Aye 70 No
41 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 150 shared votes
41 Aye 109 No
69 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 145 shared votes
69 Aye 76 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% 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
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API