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Stephen Doughty vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Hilary Benn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,424 shared comparable votes.

1,409 same votes 15 different votes 1,424 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
106 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
106 Aye 57 No
70 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
70 Aye 64 No
37 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
37 Aye 85 No
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 24 No
Transport 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 164 shared votes
99 Aye 65 No
38 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
106 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
106 Aye 57 No
70 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
70 Aye 64 No
37 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
37 Aye 85 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,593
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,396 eligible divisions
910
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,046
56.4% of votes cast
683
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
43.6% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

82
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
408
+256.6 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650
Contributions
406
+254.6 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
69 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API