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Dame Meg Hillier vs Shivani Raja

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

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Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Shivani Raja voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 265 different votes 284 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 2% aligned 64 shared votes
19 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

126
+44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
187
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Contributions
18
-124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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