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Hilary Benn vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 189 different votes 220 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 0 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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 262 of 649
Participation
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 617 of 649
1,833
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
307
586 eligible divisions
1,036
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
179
58.3% of votes cast
797
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
60
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
458
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
Contributions
72
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 422 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API