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Hilary Benn vs Jeremy Corbyn

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

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Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
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Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.

1,188 same votes 120 different votes 1,308 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
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 12 No
Education 71% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 22 No
Benefits 76% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 16 No
Housing 77% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 79% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
60 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 123 shared votes
62 Aye 61 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
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
822
55.5% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
138
+54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
195
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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