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Martin Vickers vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,586 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,519 different votes 1,586 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
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 35 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 180 shared votes
111 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 53 No
Education 0% aligned 71 shared votes
53 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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