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Dame Meg Hillier vs Barry Gardiner

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 Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,345 shared comparable votes.

1,335 same votes 10 different votes 1,345 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
132 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
132 Aye 57 No
55 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
55 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
26 Aye 61 No
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
45 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
45 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Benefits 94% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
95 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
98 Aye 68 No
31 Aye 26 No
Transport 98% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
132 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
132 Aye 57 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
1,770
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,401 eligible divisions
993
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
777
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

143
+56.2 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Appearances
55
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
235
+83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
91
-60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
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
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye rebel
Draft Important Public Sevices (Transport) Regulations 2017 8 Feb 2017
Transport
No
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
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
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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