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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 1,692 shared comparable votes.

1,688 same votes 4 different votes 1,692 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
129 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
129 Aye 71 No
85 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 158 shared votes
85 Aye 73 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
56 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 79 shared votes
56 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 40 No
Trade 100% aligned 75 shared votes
35 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 182 shared votes
111 Aye 71 No
129 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
129 Aye 71 No
85 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 158 shared votes
85 Aye 73 No
38 Aye 104 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
38 Aye 104 No
56 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 79 shared votes
56 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

83
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
65
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
110
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Contributions
413
+259.6 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API