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Jodie Gosling vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Jodie Gosling
Jodie Gosling
Lab Nuneaton
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Jodie Gosling and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

313 same votes 0 different votes 313 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
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
40 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
423
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
201
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
222
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

27
-56.6 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
37
-108.7 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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

£192,921
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£192,921
15% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
1 registered category
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Education
45 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API