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Sarah Bool vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Hilary Benn voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 298 different votes 303 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.3 %
same as average
Rank 379 of 650
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 650
407
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,349 eligible divisions
173
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
56.7 % of votes cast
234
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
784
43.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

81
+10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
94
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
366
+240.7 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
14
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Tax
98 of 111 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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