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Hilary Benn vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
36 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
46
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
65
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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