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Mark Garnier vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,576 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,491 different votes 1,576 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
75 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
11 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API