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Jesse Norman vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,342 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,342 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
9 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
68 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
16 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 20 No
Migration 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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

£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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

Trade
87 of 91 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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