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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 1,396 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,349 different votes 1,396 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
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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
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

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% 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
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
98
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
9
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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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 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
Where they voted the same
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
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 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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