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John Cooper vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 314 different votes 321 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
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
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Contributions
461
+318.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API