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Dame Meg Hillier vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

1,265 same votes 17 different votes 1,282 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
110 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
110 Aye 61 No
33 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
33 Aye 91 No
44 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
44 Aye 51 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
106 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 167 shared votes
109 Aye 58 No
24 Aye 32 No
Transport 98% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
110 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
110 Aye 61 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,771
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
993
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
778
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

142
+54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Appearances
81
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
234
+81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
131
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 258 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 81 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
64 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API