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Sean Woodcock vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sean Woodcock and Hilary Benn voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 454 shared comparable votes.

445 same votes 9 different votes 454 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

93.5%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 650
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
592
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,878
2,419 eligible divisions
298
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,061
56.5% of votes cast
294
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.5% of votes cast
9
1.5% 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

87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
107
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
398
+233.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£119,230
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£119,230
47% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API