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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,480 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,413 different votes 1,480 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
11 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
68 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 174 shared votes
106 Aye 68 No
16 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
11
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
57 of 67 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