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Kate Osborne vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Kate Osborne
Kate Osborne
Lab Jarrow and Gateshead East
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Kate Osborne and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 929 shared comparable votes.

917 same votes 12 different votes 929 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
32 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
32 Aye 98 No
77 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
77 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 83% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
47 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 97 shared votes
46 Aye 51 No
32 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
32 Aye 98 No
77 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
77 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 529 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,065
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
548
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
517
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
15
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

7
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
7
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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

£1,466,346
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£344,831
52% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
3 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
35 of 41 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
131 of 154 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
41 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 44 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
50 of 69 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye rebel
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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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