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Marie Goldman vs Hilary Benn

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

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Marie Goldman
LD Chelmsford
vs
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Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Marie Goldman and Hilary Benn voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 261 different votes 317 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
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 24 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
15 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 405 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
409
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
218
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
191
46.7 % 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
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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

£150,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£150,033
34 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
8
3 registered categories
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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