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Julia Buckley vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 3 different votes 380 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
38 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 245 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 255 of 650
492
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,417 eligible divisions
241
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,059
56.4% of votes cast
251
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.6% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
34
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
398
+233.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£246,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API