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Luke Pollard vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,341 shared comparable votes.

1,340 same votes 1 different votes 1,341 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
96 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
96 Aye 68 No
102 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
102 Aye 57 No
38 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
38 Aye 102 No
68 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
68 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
96 Aye 68 No
102 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
102 Aye 57 No
38 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
38 Aye 102 No
68 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
68 Aye 70 No
35 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,460
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
807
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
653
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
731
+592.7 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
71 of 87 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API