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Julia Lopez vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,425 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,369 different votes 1,425 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
15 Aye 34 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 36 No
Education 4% aligned 52 shared votes
38 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
62 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 163 shared votes
96 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
848
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
920
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API