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Imogen Walker vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Imogen Walker and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 5 different votes 328 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
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
453
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
216
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
237
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
5
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

26
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
69
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
32
-135.1 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Contributions
398
+230.9 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£178,271
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£178,271
21% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Education
45 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Tax
103 of 122 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API