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Sarah Green vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Sarah Green
Sarah Green
LD Chesham and Amersham
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sarah Green and Hilary Benn voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 786 shared comparable votes.

531 same votes 255 different votes 786 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
6 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
29 Aye 86 No
Migration 97% aligned 115 shared votes
28 Aye 87 No
10 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 95% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 20 No
Education 27% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 31% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
48 Aye 44 No
Tax 35% aligned 92 shared votes
62 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 35% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
967
1,331 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
512
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
455
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
5 years, 0 months
Since 17 Jun 2021
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

32
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 649
Appearances
57
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
48
-89.6 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 649
Contributions
457
+319.4 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£914,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£264,802
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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
28 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
122 of 138 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
48 of 55 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
116 of 142 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
23 of 29 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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