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Hilary Benn vs Lincoln Jopp

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 Lincoln Jopp
Lincoln Jopp
Con Spelthorne

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Lincoln Jopp voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 246 different votes 252 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 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
69.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 444 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
575 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
171
43.0 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
227
57.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
205
+127.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
342
+203.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£74,646
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£74,646
67 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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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