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Sir Jeremy Hunt vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Sir Jeremy Hunt
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Con Godalming and Ash
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sir Jeremy Hunt and Hilary Benn voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,059 different votes 1,133 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
10 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
67 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 169 shared votes
107 Aye 62 No
10 Aye 16 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 36 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

58.9%
14% below average
Rank 582 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,400
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
659
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
741
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
21
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

51
-30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
54
-88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 488 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

£2,583,463
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£254,916
13% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
18
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
10
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
64 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
63 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
31 of 48 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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