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Sir James Cleverly vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,265 different votes 1,324 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
15 Aye 18 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
63 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
59 Aye 29 No
Migration 5% aligned 88 shared votes
25 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API