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Lewis Cocking vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 340 different votes 347 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
211
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
249
54.1% 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

109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649
161
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Contributions
460
+317.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API