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Liz Kendall vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

1,392 same votes 3 different votes 1,395 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
112 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
112 Aye 67 No
99 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
99 Aye 61 No
40 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
40 Aye 83 No
51 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
51 Aye 68 No
42 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
42 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
112 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 179 shared votes
112 Aye 67 No
99 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
99 Aye 61 No
40 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
40 Aye 83 No
51 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
51 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API