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Sir Keir Starmer vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Keir Starmer and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 866 shared comparable votes.

865 same votes 1 different votes 866 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
102 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
102 Aye 59 No
63 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
63 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
102 Aye 59 No
63 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
63 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

38.0 %
35 % below average
Rank 636 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
896
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
545
60.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
351
39.2 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
1,601
+1462.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£232,065
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
13
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
161 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
51 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
25 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
42 of 95 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API