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Dame Meg Hillier vs Liz Twist

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 Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Liz Twist voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,308 shared comparable votes.

1,308 same votes 0 different votes 1,308 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
107 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
107 Aye 58 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
56 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
56 Aye 54 No
35 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
35 Aye 74 No
45 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
45 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
107 Aye 58 No
91 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 154 shared votes
91 Aye 63 No
56 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
56 Aye 54 No
35 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
35 Aye 74 No
45 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
45 Aye 14 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
84.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,106 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
54.6 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
808
45.4 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
101
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£305,039
35 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 54 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 163 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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