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Sarah Champion vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,516 shared comparable votes.

1,507 same votes 9 different votes 1,516 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
117 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
117 Aye 69 No
77 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 157 shared votes
77 Aye 80 No
41 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 143 shared votes
41 Aye 102 No
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
43 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
43 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 14 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
92 Aye 63 No
117 Aye 69 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
117 Aye 69 No
77 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 157 shared votes
77 Aye 80 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 650
1,680
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,849
2,390 eligible divisions
916
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
56.5% of votes cast
764
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
804
43.5% of votes cast
10
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

52
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
94
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
406
+254.6 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
69 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API