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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,317 different votes 1,395 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
31 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
94 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 156 shared votes
63 Aye 93 No
35 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
13 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 84 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
82 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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