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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,319 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,269 different votes 1,319 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
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 2% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
143 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 203 shared votes
60 Aye 143 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
37 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
13 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.4 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,698
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
967
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
731
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

88
+27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 648
Appearances
141
+80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
120
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 648
Contributions
161
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Defence
50 of 59 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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