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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,366 different votes 1,435 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 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 28 No
Trade 7% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
37 Aye 86 No
Migration 4% aligned 123 shared votes
85 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
12 Aye 47 No
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 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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