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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 1,321 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,270 different votes 1,321 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
17 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 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

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
49.1 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
892
50.9 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
120
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648

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
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
41 of 43 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
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
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