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Sir Julian Lewis vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Julian Lewis and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,511 shared comparable votes.
76 same votes
1,435 different votes
1,511 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.0%
7% above average
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
899
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
41
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API