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Hilary Benn vs Chris Law

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 Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Chris Law voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 964 shared comparable votes.

882 same votes 82 different votes 964 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
24 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
94 Aye 48 No
Tax 71% aligned 142 shared votes
87 Aye 55 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 75% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 94% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
Participation
52.5 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,214
2,312 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
671
55.3 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
543
44.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 648
Appearances
56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 648
298
+190.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 648
Contributions
66
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
196 of 211 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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