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Hilary Benn vs Kenneth Stevenson

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Kenneth Stevenson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

337 same votes 11 different votes 348 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
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 403 of 650
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
450
636 eligible divisions
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.9% of votes cast
819
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
230
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.4% of votes cast
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Appearances
5
-92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Contributions
7
-162.2 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£109,998
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£109,998
51% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
81 of 82 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API