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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

1,118 same votes 11 different votes 1,129 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
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
38 Aye 100 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
62 Aye 68 No
79 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
79 Aye 43 No
43 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
43 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
38 Aye 100 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
62 Aye 68 No
79 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 122 shared votes
79 Aye 43 No
43 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
43 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
681
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
603
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

21
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
65
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
25
-129.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Contributions
413
+258.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API