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Hilary Benn vs Simon Lightwood

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 580 shared comparable votes.

579 same votes 1 different votes 580 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
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
34 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 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 268 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 647
1,801
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
678
1,044 eligible divisions
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
55.0 % of votes cast
778
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
305
45.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

44
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Appearances
84
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
388
+270.2 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
264
+146.2 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
27 of 29 votes
Education
88 of 95 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Defence
56 of 64 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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