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Dame Meg Hillier vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,497 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,425 different votes 1,497 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
26 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 55 shared votes
17 Aye 38 No
107 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 178 shared votes
69 Aye 109 No
13 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 94 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
92 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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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