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Laura Kyrke-Smith vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Laura Kyrke-Smith and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 1 different votes 389 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
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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

£198,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£198,951
12% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
6
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API