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James Wild vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

James Wild and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,077 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,021 different votes 1,077 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
16 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
68 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 127 shared votes
58 Aye 69 No
11 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

85.9%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,425
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
709
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
716
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
240
+96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API