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Tessa Munt vs Hilary Benn

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

Photograph of Tessa Munt
Tessa Munt
LD Wells and Mendip Hills
vs
Photograph of Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Tessa Munt and Hilary Benn voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 210 different votes 252 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
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
0 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

59.8%
13% below average
Rank 576 of 649
Participation
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 266 of 649
344
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
182
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8% of votes cast
162
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

145
+67.2 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
257
+119.0 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Contributions
457
+319.0 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£950,998
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£133,741
41% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
38 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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