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Mr Angus MacDonald vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mr Angus MacDonald and Hilary Benn voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 246 different votes 281 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
0 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

59.5%
13% below average
Rank 578 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
351
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
187
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
164
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
15
4.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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

£196,056
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£196,056
13% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
7
3 registered categories
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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