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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

324 same votes 0 different votes 324 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
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
219
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
219
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
187
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
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
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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