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Sir Julian Smith vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Hilary Benn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,471 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,390 different votes 1,471 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
12 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
61 Aye 88 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 149 shared votes
92 Aye 57 No
18 Aye 28 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 37 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
953
51.9% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
5 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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