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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 863 shared comparable votes.

862 same votes 1 different votes 863 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

38.4 %
35 % below average
Rank 633 of 647
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 647
893
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,323 eligible divisions
545
61.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
57.0 % of votes cast
348
39.0 % of votes cast
No votes
771
43.0 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 0 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

44
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
Appearances
41
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 647
1,405
+1291.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 647
Contributions
343
+229.2 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 647

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
15
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 88 votes
#2
Education
88 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Transport
42 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API