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Hilary Benn vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,580 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,508 different votes 1,580 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
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
105 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 171 shared votes
67 Aye 104 No
23 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 56 shared votes
17 Aye 39 No
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
33 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5

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