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Jas Athwal vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Jas Athwal and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 0 different votes 368 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
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
494
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
239
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
255
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
63
-82.9 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£164,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£164,547
27% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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