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Dame Meg Hillier vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

1,081 same votes 2 different votes 1,083 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
99 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
99 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
32 Aye 85 No
49 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
49 Aye 55 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
40 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
40 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
99 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
99 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
32 Aye 85 No
49 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
49 Aye 55 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% 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

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
Participation
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

123
+41.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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