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Dame Meg Hillier vs Alex Sobel

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 Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Alex Sobel voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

1,300 same votes 6 different votes 1,306 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
117 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
117 Aye 57 No
96 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
96 Aye 67 No
40 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
40 Aye 87 No
49 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 102 shared votes
49 Aye 53 No
43 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
43 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Benefits 96% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
117 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
117 Aye 57 No
96 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 163 shared votes
96 Aye 67 No
40 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
40 Aye 87 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,520
2,121 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
54.2% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
696
45.8% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
114
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
142
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 163 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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