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Dame Meg Hillier vs Claire Coutinho

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

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Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 903 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 859 different votes 903 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
11 Aye 15 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 11 No
Education 3% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
83 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 112 shared votes
27 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 95 shared votes
49 Aye 46 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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