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Jo Platt vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 700 shared comparable votes.

697 same votes 3 different votes 700 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
69 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
37 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
74 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 113 shared votes
73 Aye 40 No
69 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
37 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 263 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
445
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
227
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
218
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

35
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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