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Dame Meg Hillier vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Jesse Norman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,274 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,218 different votes 1,274 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
31 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
49 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 63 shared votes
16 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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