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Kit Malthouse vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Hilary Benn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,621 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 1,531 different votes 1,621 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
69 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
18 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 36 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 75 shared votes
37 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
13% above average
Rank 77 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,044
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,065
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
22
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
4 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

Trade
88 of 91 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
163 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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