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Mr Paul Foster vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 7 different votes 400 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
46 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
522
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,880
2,421 eligible divisions
263
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
259
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
818
43.5% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

53
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Appearances
69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
92
-75.2 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
398
+230.8 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API