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Shockat Adam vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Shockat Adam and Hilary Benn voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

111 same votes 153 different votes 264 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
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 58% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 52% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 14% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 25 No
Tax 34% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
348
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
190
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
158
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
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

188
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
206
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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

£231,212
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£231,212
2% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Housing
26 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
23 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
31 of 50 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