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Mary Kelly Foy vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 994 shared comparable votes.

969 same votes 25 different votes 994 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
37 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
37 Aye 81 No
85 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
85 Aye 30 No
42 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
42 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Benefits 89% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
42 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 107 shared votes
43 Aye 64 No
37 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
37 Aye 81 No
85 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
85 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
1,138
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
575
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
563
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
30
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

60
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Appearances
69
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
71
-95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Contributions
398
+231.6 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API