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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.

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Nick Timothy voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 257 different votes 261 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
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
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 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 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 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
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
397
575 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
190
47.9 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
207
52.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % 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
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£194,714
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£194,714
14 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
20
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
Tax
87 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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