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Dame Meg Hillier vs James Cartlidge

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 James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,520 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,457 different votes 1,520 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
28 Aye 17 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
114 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 189 shared votes
76 Aye 113 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
49 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
17 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 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
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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 Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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