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Hilary Benn vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 1,124 different votes 1,215 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
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 9% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 24 No
Transport 7% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
103 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
62 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
461
+318.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API