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Hilary Benn vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 1,090 different votes 1,117 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
29 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
83 Aye 46 No
Tax 2% aligned 129 shared votes
43 Aye 86 No
64 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 134 shared votes
68 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 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
63 of 63 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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