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Benton married Harry Symonds in November 2021 in the Palace of Westminster.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/politics/blackpool-south-mp-scott-benton-hits-back-at-hypocrisy-allegations-after-marrying-partner-amid-campaign-to-scrap-human-rights-act-3484899 |title=Blackpool South MP Scott Benton hits back at hypocrisy allegations after marrying partner amid campaign to scrap Human Rights Act |work=Blackpool Gazette |date=7 December 2021 |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref> He is gay and came out to his parents shortly before his wedding.<ref name=TRM2>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrdBj-E9RUY|title=The Real Me: Scott Benton, Conservative MP for Blackpool South, speaks to Gloria De Piero|time=03:00|date=10 March 2022|accessdate=2 October 2023|publisher=GBNews (YouTube)}}</ref>
Benton is Christian and cited the [[Old Testament]] as his favourite book in a 2022 interview. <ref name=TRM1/>
The former MP clarified in the interview that although the Old Testament was his favourite book, the translation can vary ‘country to country, and shouldn’t be taken as Gospel’. He later stated that his least favourite passage was Leviticus 19:34.
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