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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,366 different votes 1,422 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
24 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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