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Kerry McCarthy vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Kerry McCarthy and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,672 shared comparable votes.
1,668 same votes
4 different votes
1,672 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.0%
6% above average
Participation
77.2%
4% above average
1,870
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,366 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.7% of votes cast
820
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
791
43.3% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
77
-1.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
57
-21.7 vs Commons average
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
457
+319.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API