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Joe Robertson vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Joe Robertson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 328 different votes 338 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 303 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
201
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
243
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
3
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

163
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 60 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

£165,302
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£165,302
27% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
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

Housing
28 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API