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Dame Meg Hillier vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,393 shared comparable votes.

1,381 same votes 12 different votes 1,393 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
140 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 215 shared votes
140 Aye 75 No
58 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
58 Aye 67 No
35 Aye 48 No
Migration 100% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
43 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Benefits 93% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
103 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
27 Aye 33 No
Transport 98% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 650
1,765
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,655
2,396 eligible divisions
992
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
55.8% of votes cast
773
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
732
44.2% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

143
+55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Appearances
49
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
235
+83.0 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Contributions
37
-115.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye rebel
Draft Important Public Sevices (Transport) Regulations 2017 8 Feb 2017
Transport
No
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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