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Shivani Raja vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Hilary Benn voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 260 different votes 268 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
4 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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