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Siân Berry vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Siân Berry
Siân Berry
Green Brighton Pavilion
vs
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Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Siân Berry and Hilary Benn voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 142 different votes 340 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
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 38% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 40% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 43% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
469
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
259
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
210
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
225
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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

£220,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£220,854
2% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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