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Naz Shah vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,429 shared comparable votes.

1,417 same votes 12 different votes 1,429 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
109 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
105 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
71 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 154 shared votes
71 Aye 83 No
32 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
32 Aye 84 No
38 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
109 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
105 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
71 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 154 shared votes
71 Aye 83 No
32 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 116 shared votes
32 Aye 84 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 650
1,564
2,395 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,854
2,395 eligible divisions
867
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.4% of votes cast
697
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.6% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

21
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
25
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Contributions
406
+254.6 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
3 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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
69 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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