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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,230 different votes 1,282 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
13 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
60 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 153 shared votes
94 Aye 59 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
75 Aye 40 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
36 Aye 79 No
11 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
16
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
173 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
52 of 71 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
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API