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Peter Lamb vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 448 shared comparable votes.

436 same votes 12 different votes 448 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
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 20 No
Defence 87% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 8 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
587
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
293
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
294
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
18
3.1% 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

34
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Appearances
70
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
48
-120.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
400
+231.1 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API