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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.


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,565 shared comparable votes.

1,562 same votes 3 different votes 1,565 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

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649

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
5
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
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API