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Dame Meg Hillier vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,389 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,343 different votes 1,389 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 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
31 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
37 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 125 shared votes
86 Aye 39 No
51 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 68 shared votes
19 Aye 49 No
110 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 183 shared votes
71 Aye 112 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,361 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.9 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
938
51.1 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
74
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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