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Hilary Benn vs Matthew Pennycook

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 Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,767 shared comparable votes.

1,767 same votes 0 different votes 1,767 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
131 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 211 shared votes
131 Aye 80 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
85 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 163 shared votes
85 Aye 78 No
42 Aye 110 No
Migration 100% aligned 152 shared votes
42 Aye 110 No
56 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 80 shared votes
56 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
131 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 211 shared votes
131 Aye 80 No
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
85 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 163 shared votes
85 Aye 78 No
42 Aye 110 No
Migration 100% aligned 152 shared votes
42 Aye 110 No
56 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 80 shared votes
56 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 151 of 650
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,405 eligible divisions
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,092
55.2% of votes cast
814
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
885
44.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Appearances
153
+65.0 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
413
+259.6 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
647
+493.6 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API