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Jessica Toale vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Jessica Toale and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 1 different votes 346 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
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
43 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
233
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
227
49.3% 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, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

101
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
122
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,947
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£208,947
8% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API