Compare

Jake Richards vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 0 different votes 298 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
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API