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Alison McGovern vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,455 shared comparable votes.

1,441 same votes 14 different votes 1,455 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
127 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
127 Aye 68 No
70 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
70 Aye 63 No
40 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
40 Aye 85 No
45 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
45 Aye 19 No
39 Aye 18 No
Benefits 100% aligned 57 shared votes
39 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 32 No
Transport 98% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
106 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 172 shared votes
105 Aye 67 No
127 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
127 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 650
1,674
2,391 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,391 eligible divisions
928
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
56.4% of votes cast
746
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
768
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

66
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Appearances
141
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
494
+342.6 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 650
Contributions
230
+78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
60 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API