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Hilary Benn vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 126 different votes 128 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
5 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
Participation
33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
195
590 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
93
47.7% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
102
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
51
8 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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 112 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API