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Sarah Smith vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Smith and Hilary Benn voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.
336 same votes
10 different votes
346 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.5%
8% below average
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,062
56.5% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
819
43.5% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 5 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-28.0 vs Commons average
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
398
+228.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API