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Julia Lopez vs Dame Meg Hillier

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,281 different votes 1,344 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
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 36 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
38 Aye 12 No
85 Aye 40 No
Migration 3% aligned 125 shared votes
38 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
848
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
920
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Appearances
130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Contributions
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
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