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Hilary Benn vs Douglas McAllister

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 446 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 13 different votes 446 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
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
88.8%
17% above average
Rank 32 of 650
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
565
636 eligible divisions
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
49.6% of votes cast
819
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
285
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.0% of votes cast
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Appearances
127
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
400
+231.1 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Contributions
154
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
81 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API