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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 114 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 112 different votes 114 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
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
Participation
33.5 %
40 % below average
Rank 636 of 648
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
176
526 eligible divisions
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
82
46.6 % of votes cast
765
42.9 % of votes cast
No votes
94
53.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
Appearances
30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648
Contributions
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 648

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
60
8 registered categories
1
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
3 of 4 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Tax
53 of 108 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Defence
51 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
7 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API