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Josh Newbury vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 9 different votes 414 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
534
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
282
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
252
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.5% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

169
+72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
199
+31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
398
+230.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API