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Hilary Benn vs Jade Botterill

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 Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Jade Botterill voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 0 different votes 306 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
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
51.7% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
232
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
3
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
3
-142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 632 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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