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Rachel Reeves vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Reeves and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,120 shared comparable votes.

1,119 same votes 1 different votes 1,120 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
104 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
104 Aye 61 No
93 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
24 Aye 91 No
49 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
49 Aye 57 No
20 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
104 Aye 61 No
93 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
24 Aye 91 No
49 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
49 Aye 57 No
20 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

50.1 %
23 % below average
Rank 623 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,183
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
678
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
505
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
565
+426.7 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£291,343
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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
166 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
115 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
56 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API