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Wera Hobhouse vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Hilary Benn voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,339 shared comparable votes.

1,080 same votes 259 different votes 1,339 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
91 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
91 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 89 No
Migration 97% aligned 115 shared votes
26 Aye 89 No
17 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Education 38% aligned 45 shared votes
35 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
86 Aye 66 No
Tax 57% aligned 152 shared votes
103 Aye 49 No
17 Aye 34 No
Devolution / Local Government 59% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 64% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,865
2,406 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,051
56.4% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
814
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
71
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
425
+263.0 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
12
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 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