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Hilary Benn vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,054 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,015 different votes 1,054 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
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 17 No
Transport 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 131 shared votes
93 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API