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Mike Wood vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,543 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,477 different votes 1,543 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
17 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 33 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
66 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
89 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
149
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API