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Dame Meg Hillier vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,353 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,300 different votes 1,353 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
97 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
68 Aye 96 No
27 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
41 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
14 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 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
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