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Hilary Benn vs Mr Joshua Reynolds

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

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Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
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Mr Joshua Reynolds
LD Maidenhead

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Mr Joshua Reynolds voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 236 different votes 287 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
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
23 Aye 37 No
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 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
63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 539 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
362
575 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
192
53.0 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
170
47.0 % 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
88
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
125
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£159,760
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£159,760
29 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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