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Patrick Hurley vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Hurley and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 13 different votes 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
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

87.9%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
559
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
292
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
267
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
16
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

70
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650
Appearances
69
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
104
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Contributions
398
+229.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£214,468
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£214,468
5% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API