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Maria Eagle vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Maria Eagle and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,505 shared comparable votes.

1,502 same votes 3 different votes 1,505 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
100 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
100 Aye 55 No
40 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 149 shared votes
40 Aye 109 No
79 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
79 Aye 60 No
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 178 shared votes
110 Aye 68 No
100 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
100 Aye 55 No
40 Aye 109 No
Migration 100% aligned 149 shared votes
40 Aye 109 No
79 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
79 Aye 60 No
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 427 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,657
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
947
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
710
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

11
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
35
-103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 549 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

£2,716,749
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£273,819
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
49 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API