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Jack Abbott vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 1 different votes 404 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
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
536
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
265
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
271
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,221
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£181,221
20% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API