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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 1,625 shared comparable votes.

1,621 same votes 4 different votes 1,625 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 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 210 shared votes
132 Aye 78 No
67 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
67 Aye 86 No
41 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
41 Aye 92 No
36 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
51 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
51 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
104 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 176 shared votes
106 Aye 70 No
132 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 210 shared votes
132 Aye 78 No
67 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
67 Aye 86 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

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,802
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
1,000
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
802
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

67
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
65
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
82
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Contributions
413
+258.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Transport
79 of 96 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
77 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API