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Hilary Benn vs Laurence Turner

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Laurence Turner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 10 different votes 415 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
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

77.6%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
87.0%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
633 eligible divisions
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
49.9% of votes cast
817
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
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
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
67
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
398
+230.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
118
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£166,730
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£166,730
26% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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