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Hilary Benn vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,577 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,512 different votes 1,577 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
26 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
106 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
74 Aye 102 No
28 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 55 shared votes
17 Aye 38 No
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 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
83.0%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.7% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
231
+147.3 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
273
+127.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
204 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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