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Dame Meg Hillier vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Alex Burghart voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,291 different votes 1,356 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
102 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 171 shared votes
69 Aye 102 No
38 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 126 shared votes
86 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
39 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
19 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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