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Hilary Benn vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 748 shared comparable votes.

741 same votes 7 different votes 748 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
23 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
23 Aye 88 No
63 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
63 Aye 39 No
42 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
42 Aye 36 No
34 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
23 Aye 88 No
63 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
63 Aye 39 No
42 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
42 Aye 36 No
34 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,199 eligible divisions
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
814
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

66
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Appearances
57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
415
+260.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
68
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 468 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
81 of 82 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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