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Hilary Benn vs Damian Hinds

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Damian Hinds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,623 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,547 different votes 1,623 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
27 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
112 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 180 shared votes
73 Aye 107 No
29 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
35 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 54 shared votes
17 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
37 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
23 Aye 37 No
34 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,050
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
986
48.1% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 649
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 294 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3% 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
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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