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Keir Mather vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 0 different votes 417 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
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API