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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,011 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 966 different votes 1,011 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
8 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 7 No
Transport 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 107 shared votes
81 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

137
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
222
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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