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Hilary Benn vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 300 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
28 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648
Contributions
109
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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