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Hilary Benn vs Helena Dollimore

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Helena Dollimore voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 1 different votes 339 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
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
47.8% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
238
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.7% 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
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
106
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 324 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
£222,164
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£222,164
2% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API