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Hilary Benn vs Mr Toby Perkins

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
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,553 shared comparable votes.

1,550 same votes 3 different votes 1,553 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
105 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
53 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 70 shared votes
53 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
38 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
83 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 156 shared votes
82 Aye 74 No
109 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 175 shared votes
110 Aye 65 No
105 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
959
55.3 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
774
44.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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