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Hilary Benn vs Stephen Kinnock

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,618 shared comparable votes.

1,616 same votes 2 different votes 1,618 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
126 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
126 Aye 68 No
112 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
81 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
81 Aye 69 No
41 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 148 shared votes
41 Aye 107 No
53 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 73 shared votes
53 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
126 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
126 Aye 68 No
112 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
81 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 150 shared votes
81 Aye 69 No
41 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 148 shared votes
41 Aye 107 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
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
115
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649
Contributions
443
+297.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API