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Hilary Benn vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,540 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,481 different votes 1,540 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
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 174 shared votes
66 Aye 108 No
10 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 15 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 9 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
8 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 73 shared votes
20 Aye 53 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
34 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 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