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Hilary Benn vs Stuart Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 923 different votes 960 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
9 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 116 shared votes
39 Aye 77 No
20 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
798
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18% below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 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