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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,447 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,384 different votes 1,447 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
30 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 9 No
Benefits 2% aligned 42 shared votes
8 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 68 shared votes
17 Aye 51 No
21 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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