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Dame Meg Hillier vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Paula Barker voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,099 shared comparable votes.

1,075 same votes 24 different votes 1,099 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
90 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
90 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
57 Aye 51 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Benefits 89% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 98% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
90 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
90 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 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 343 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 213 of 650
1,775
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,350
1,699 eligible divisions
994
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
703
52.1% of votes cast
781
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
647
47.9% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

157
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
94
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
278
+113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
87
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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 212 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API