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Paul Holmes vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,007 different votes 1,051 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
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API