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Simon Hoare vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Hilary Benn voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,403 shared comparable votes.

104 same votes 1,299 different votes 1,403 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
61 Aye 41 No
Migration 17% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
32 Aye 25 No
Trade 14% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
18 Aye 25 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 116 No
Tax 0% aligned 186 shared votes
116 Aye 70 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

99
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
128
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 649
Contributions
461
+318.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
193 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
257 of 322 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