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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 1,410 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,357 different votes 1,410 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
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 93 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
91 Aye 39 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 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 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
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
983
56.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
748
43.2 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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