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Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,526 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,464 different votes 1,526 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
17 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 26 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
77 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 46 No
Education 0% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
40 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 192 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,906
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
908
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
998
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

39
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
53
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 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

£2,311,579
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£252,269
12% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
6 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
197 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API