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Paul Waugh vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Paul Waugh and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 442 shared comparable votes.
434 same votes
8 different votes
442 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
87.2%
15% above average
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
552
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
276
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
276
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.5% of votes cast
11
2.0% 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
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
164
-0.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
398
+233.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API