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Natasha Irons vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Natasha Irons and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

364 same votes 1 different votes 365 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
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.8 %
14 % above average
Rank 64 of 649
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 264 of 649
493
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,354 eligible divisions
249
50.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,032
56.8 % of votes cast
244
49.5 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

35
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
46
-87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 649
Contributions
435
+301.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£150,494
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£150,494
33 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
0
0 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

Transport
29 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API