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Dame Meg Hillier vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Richard Baker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 1 different votes 347 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
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
438
590 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
48.2% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
227
51.8% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

137
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
222
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
69
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 449 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API