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Dame Meg Hillier vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 922 different votes 969 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
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 85 No
Migration 5% aligned 118 shared votes
79 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 133 shared votes
41 Aye 92 No
55 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 105 shared votes
50 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% 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
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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: 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 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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