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Hilary Benn vs Mr Will Forster

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 Mr Will Forster
Mr Will Forster
LD Woking

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 268 different votes 323 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 3 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7% of votes cast
788
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% 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
170
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
214
+75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
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
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
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