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Dame Meg Hillier vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,168 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,118 different votes 1,168 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 70 No
Migration 3% aligned 93 shared votes
67 Aye 26 No
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
63 Aye 113 No
21 Aye 26 No
Transport 2% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
39 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
13 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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