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Mr Toby Perkins vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,521 shared comparable votes.

1,518 same votes 3 different votes 1,521 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
105 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No
52 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
52 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
38 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
82 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 156 shared votes
83 Aye 73 No
110 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 175 shared votes
109 Aye 66 No
105 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
37 Aye 103 No

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

Voting record

73.2 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 648
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 271 of 648
1,692
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,312 eligible divisions
943
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,020
57.1 % of votes cast
749
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
765
42.9 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
26 years, 11 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 648
Appearances
38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 648
82
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Contributions
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API