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Martin Rhodes vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Martin Rhodes and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 10 different votes 412 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
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 115 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
529
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
255
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
274
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.5% of votes cast
10
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

90
-6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
108
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Contributions
398
+230.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,441
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£133,441
41% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API