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Mr Louie French vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 775 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 746 different votes 775 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
7 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Transport 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 22 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 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