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Jess Asato vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

370 same votes 11 different votes 381 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
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
501
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
246
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
255
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
15
3.0% 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

20
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
28
-141.2 vs Commons average
Rank 604 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

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API