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Hilary Benn vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,459 shared comparable votes.

1,456 same votes 3 different votes 1,459 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
128 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 207 shared votes
128 Aye 79 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
63 Aye 79 No
36 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
46 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 93% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
128 Aye 79 No
Tax 100% aligned 207 shared votes
128 Aye 79 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
63 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
63 Aye 79 No
36 Aye 54 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 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
69.1%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
1,829
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,368 eligible divisions
1,036
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
793
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
Appearances
41
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
457
+319.9 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API