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Victoria Atkins vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Victoria Atkins and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,538 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,454 different votes 1,538 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
15 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
72 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 177 shared votes
109 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 27 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 35 No
Benefits 0% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 178 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,929
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
934
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
995
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
30
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£241,610
7% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API