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Hilary Benn vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Dave Robertson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 1 different votes 378 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
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 264 of 649
Participation
87.7 %
15 % above average
Rank 54 of 649
1,816
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
568 eligible divisions
1,032
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
269
54.0 % of votes cast
784
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
229
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Appearances
94
+20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
389
+258.7 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
121
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API