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Lucy Powell vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

1,407 same votes 1 different votes 1,408 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
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
108 Aye 64 No
109 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
62 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
62 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
27 Aye 89 No
56 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 80 shared votes
56 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
108 Aye 64 No
109 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
62 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
62 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
27 Aye 89 No
56 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 80 shared votes
56 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API