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Hilary Benn vs Jack Rankin

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 Jack Rankin
Jack Rankin
Con Windsor

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Jack Rankin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 248 different votes 254 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
65.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 512 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
345
526 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
155
44.9 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
190
55.1 % 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
47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648
Contributions
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£143,551
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,551
37 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
7 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
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
13 of 17 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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 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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