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Hilary Benn vs Jamie Stone

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 Jamie Stone
Jamie Stone
LD Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Jamie Stone voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,204 shared comparable votes.

953 same votes 251 different votes 1,204 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
92 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
92 Aye 63 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 94 No
Migration 99% aligned 121 shared votes
28 Aye 93 No
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 95% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 11 No
Education 29% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
90 Aye 43 No
Tax 52% aligned 133 shared votes
76 Aye 57 No
19 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 53% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 20 No
Benefits 54% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 54% aligned 46 shared votes
12 Aye 34 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 479 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,411
2,106 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
759
53.8 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
652
46.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
110
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 274 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
£1,963,458
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£346,016
53 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Brexit / EU
169 of 188 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
127 of 163 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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