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Priti Patel vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,160 different votes 1,213 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
8 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
61 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
71 Aye 29 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
25 Aye 75 No
12 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 39 No
Education 0% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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
189 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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