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Richard Foord vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Hilary Benn voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 548 shared comparable votes.

320 same votes 228 different votes 548 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 54 No
Migration 97% aligned 69 shared votes
17 Aye 52 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 20 No
Education 11% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 35 No
Tax 22% aligned 65 shared votes
43 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 24% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 10 No
Defence 38% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API