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Hilary Benn vs Yuan Yang

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

Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South
vs
Photograph of Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Hilary Benn and Yuan Yang voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

348 same votes 1 different votes 349 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
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
37 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
575 eligible divisions
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
48.0 % of votes cast
788
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
244
52.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
Appearances
40
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 649
457
+319.4 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Contributions
50
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 500 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£185,324
18 % below average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
6 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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