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Rachel Blake vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 1 different votes 354 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
43 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
43 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
43 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 268 of 649
477
570 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,356 eligible divisions
246
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,033
56.8 % of votes cast
231
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
785
43.2 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

66
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
100
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
434
+300.2 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API