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Steve Race vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 0 different votes 377 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
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
38 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
506
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
269
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
237
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
2 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API