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Jeff Smith vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

1,289 same votes 15 different votes 1,304 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
119 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
119 Aye 60 No
29 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
29 Aye 86 No
77 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 111 shared votes
77 Aye 34 No
56 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 109 shared votes
56 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 17 No
Energy 98% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 30 No
Transport 98% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
119 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
119 Aye 60 No
29 Aye 86 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
29 Aye 86 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
56.1% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
778
43.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

54
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
143
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
70
-83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
Contributions
235
+81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
73 of 81 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 81 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API