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Sarah Hall vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall
Lab Warrington South
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sarah Hall and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 0 different votes 330 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
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
218
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
218
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,162
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£203,162
10% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API