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Shabana Mahmood vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,178 shared comparable votes.

1,167 same votes 11 different votes 1,178 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
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
84 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
84 Aye 43 No
64 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
64 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
23 Aye 84 No
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
84 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
84 Aye 43 No
64 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 123 shared votes
64 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
23 Aye 84 No
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

53.1%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
1,278
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
732
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
546
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.7% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

71
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
65
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
823
+668.2 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
413
+258.2 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
59 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API