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Dame Meg Hillier vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,321 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,262 different votes 1,321 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
22 Aye 12 No
Energy 9% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
113 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 179 shared votes
67 Aye 112 No
31 Aye 48 No
Migration 5% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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