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Tim Farron vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Tim Farron and Hilary Benn voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,280 shared comparable votes.
1,004 same votes
276 different votes
1,280 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
62.6%
10% below average
Participation
77.6%
5% above average
1,513
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,417 eligible divisions
831
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,059
56.4% of votes cast
682
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
817
43.6% of votes cast
23
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
184
+89.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-25.2 vs Commons average
218
+53.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
398
+233.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£301,196
33% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
25
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
Where they voted the same
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Aye
Aye
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Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API