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Lisa Smart vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 250 different votes 302 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 5% aligned 62 shared votes
40 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
380
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,361 eligible divisions
206
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
983
56.8% of votes cast
174
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
748
43.2% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

158
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650
Appearances
111
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
215
+76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
150
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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