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John McDonnell vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,659 shared comparable votes.

1,626 same votes 33 different votes 1,659 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
126 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
126 Aye 67 No
109 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
109 Aye 70 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
39 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 23 No
Benefits 88% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
51 Aye 24 No
Education 92% aligned 75 shared votes
55 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 16 No
Energy 95% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 97% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
38 Aye 110 No
Migration 97% aligned 148 shared votes
38 Aye 110 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No rebel
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
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