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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 297 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 290 different votes 297 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
0 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
Most different by topic
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
101 of 112 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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