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Sammy Wilson vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

280 same votes 919 different votes 1,199 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
52 Aye 32 No
Migration 42% aligned 84 shared votes
21 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 38% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 16 No
Defence 37% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 19 No
Benefits 34% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 23 No
Transport 33% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 15 No
Energy 10% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
62 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 170 shared votes
105 Aye 65 No
69 Aye 85 No
Tax 18% aligned 154 shared votes
99 Aye 55 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
64
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
464
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 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
195 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API