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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 835 shared comparable votes.

821 same votes 14 different votes 835 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
73 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
73 Aye 52 No
38 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 20 No
Housing 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 97% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
66 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 15 No
Transport 98% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
73 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
73 Aye 52 No
38 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 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 343 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 650
1,775
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
525
631 eligible divisions
994
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.3% of votes cast
781
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
266
50.7% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

157
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
7
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
278
+113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
7
-157.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API