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Derek Twigg vs Dame Meg Hillier

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

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,168 shared comparable votes.

1,153 same votes 15 different votes 1,168 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
108 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
108 Aye 51 No
56 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 49 No
Migration 100% aligned 75 shared votes
26 Aye 49 No
35 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 16 No
Benefits 94% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
97 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 144 shared votes
95 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 27 No
Transport 98% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
108 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
108 Aye 51 No
56 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
40
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
UK's withdrawal from the European Union: Sarah Wollaston's amendment (h) 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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