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Hilary Benn vs Sir Bernard Jenkin
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Hilary Benn and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,516 shared comparable votes.
73 same votes
1,443 different votes
1,516 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.3%
5% above average
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API