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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sam Carling voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 446 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 14 different votes 446 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
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 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
89.6%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 650
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
570
636 eligible divisions
997
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
298
52.3% of votes cast
782
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
272
47.7% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

156
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Appearances
64
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
281
+112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
95
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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 212 votes
#1
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 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