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Wendy Chamberlain vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Hilary Benn voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 937 shared comparable votes.

699 same votes 238 different votes 937 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
21 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 19 No
Trade 97% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 84 No
Migration 96% aligned 113 shared votes
29 Aye 84 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 19 No
Education 27% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
62 Aye 43 No
Tax 47% aligned 105 shared votes
68 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 30 No
Devolution / Local Government 52% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 60% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 24 No
Benefits 60% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,143
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
594
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
549
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

116
+33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API