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Dame Meg Hillier vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,554 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,488 different votes 1,554 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
23 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
35 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 52 shared votes
15 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 90 No
Migration 0% aligned 125 shared votes
90 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 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 143 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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