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Ruth Cadbury vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,597 shared comparable votes.

1,593 same votes 4 different votes 1,597 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
132 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 209 shared votes
132 Aye 77 No
66 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
66 Aye 83 No
41 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
41 Aye 92 No
51 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
51 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
103 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
132 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 209 shared votes
132 Aye 77 No
66 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
66 Aye 83 No
41 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
41 Aye 92 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
77.2%
4% above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,774
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,366 eligible divisions
987
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.7% of votes cast
787
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
791
43.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

65
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
73
-64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
457
+319.9 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
3 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API