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Dame Meg Hillier vs Mark Garnier

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

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Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Mark Garnier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,479 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,419 different votes 1,479 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
113 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 188 shared votes
77 Aye 111 No
26 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
14 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 122 shared votes
86 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.7 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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