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Nigel Huddleston vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Huddleston and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,619 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,544 different votes 1,619 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
73 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 177 shared votes
107 Aye 70 No
15 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 26 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 39 No
Benefits 4% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

87.0%
14% above average
Rank 60 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,067
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
993
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,074
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 496 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

£2,007,696
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£275,510
22% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
23
6 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

Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
85 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API