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Dame Meg Hillier vs Rachel Blake

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Rachel Blake voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 12 different votes 411 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
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
Participation
83.6%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 650
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
532
636 eligible divisions
997
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
51.7% of votes cast
782
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
257
48.3% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

154
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
Appearances
87
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
278
+108.8 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 650
Contributions
120
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API