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Hilary Benn vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,379 different votes 1,434 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
92 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
68 Aye 91 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
42 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 95 No
Migration 0% aligned 127 shared votes
95 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API