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Nigel Farage vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Hilary Benn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 127 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 119 different votes 127 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
15
-128.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
No topic data
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
No topic data
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
No topic data
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
No topic data
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
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