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Hilary Benn vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 260 different votes 266 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
Appearances
106
+45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648
Contributions
213
+104.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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