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Hilary Benn vs Olivia Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Olivia Bailey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 7 different votes 360 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
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 326 of 650
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
636 eligible divisions
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
49.8% of votes cast
819
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
237
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1% of votes cast
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Appearances
79
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650
398
+231.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
216
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£210,175
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£210,175
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
81 of 82 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API