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Hilary Benn vs Patrick Spencer

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 Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 296 different votes 301 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
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 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
69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
575 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
46.3 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
216
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % 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
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
4 of 4 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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