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Hilary Benn vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Hilary Benn and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,533 shared comparable votes.
1,532 same votes
1 different votes
1,533 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.2 %
5 % above average
Participation
71.7 %
1 % below average
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,694
2,361 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
949
56.0 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
745
44.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
81
+3.1 vs Commons average
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
192
+53.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API