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Sir Stephen Timms vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Stephen Timms and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,682 shared comparable votes.
1,668 same votes
14 different votes
1,682 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
78.6%
6% above average
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
1,878
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,849
2,388 eligible divisions
1,030
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,045
56.5% of votes cast
848
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
804
43.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
59
-27.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-26.4 vs Commons average
221
+70.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
406
+255.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API