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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.


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 682 shared comparable votes.

679 same votes 3 different votes 682 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
32 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 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
32 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 647
424
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,801
2,333 eligible divisions
215
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
209
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
778
43.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

31
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Appearances
44
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
41
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
388
+270.2 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
56 of 64 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API