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Steve Barclay vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Steve Barclay and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.
63 same votes
1,299 different votes
1,362 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
71.5%
1% below average
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
811
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
888
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.2% 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
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£231,894
3% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API