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Jeff Smith vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.

1,364 same votes 5 different votes 1,369 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
107 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No
67 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
67 Aye 60 No
39 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 111 shared votes
80 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 16 No
Energy 97% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
107 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
30 Aye 99 No
67 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
67 Aye 60 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
2 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API