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Nick Smith vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,540 shared comparable votes.
1,538 same votes
2 different votes
1,540 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.8%
2% above average
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
65
-23.8 vs Commons average
125
-29.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
413
+258.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021
13 Jul 2021
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API