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Jen Craft vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Jen Craft and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 10 different votes 397 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
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
52 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 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

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
13
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

107
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
143
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Contributions
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£193,514
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£193,514
14% 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API