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Hilary Benn vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,557 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,472 different votes 1,557 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
111 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 181 shared votes
72 Aye 109 No
24 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
42 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
34 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
209 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API