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Ruth Jones vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,150 shared comparable votes.

1,149 same votes 1 different votes 1,150 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
65 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
65 Aye 70 No
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
83 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
83 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
65 Aye 70 No
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
83 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
83 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
694
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
643
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
47 of 54 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API