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Hilary Benn vs Dr Allison Gardner

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Dr Allison Gardner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 9 different votes 406 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
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.6%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
633 eligible divisions
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
48.9% of votes cast
817
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
270
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.5% of votes cast
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
104
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
398
+230.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
152
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£200,981
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£200,981
11% 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
81 of 82 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API