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Hilary Benn vs Nick Timothy

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Nick Timothy voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 267 different votes 272 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
48.0% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
212
52.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
122
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£199,214
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£199,214
12% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
5 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API